Test Data Compliance

**Provide on demand data to deliver quality software faster. Don't spread sensitive data to non-production environments.**

From the GDPR to CCPA, LGPR and PDPB, data privacy legislation globally is making it riskier than ever to use live data in non-production. Many organisations have already forbidden the use of raw production in testing and development. Those who are yet to find an alternative face growing technical and legislative complexity when seeking to avoid eye-watering fines for non-compliance.

50% Better Test Coverage

Using Test Modeller, testers and BAs at a $300 million telco start-up generated Jira tests and automated UI tests directly from BPMN requirements.

25x Reduction in Test Volume

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25x Faster Test Creation

At a large bank, it had taken 10 testers two months to script 800 tests. With Test Modeller, one tester created 1000 Selenium tests in a single month.

Is Your Testing and Development Compliant with Tightening Legislation?

Your testing and development might be subject to a range of national, international and extraterritorial legislation. Can you demonstrate that your teams are only using personal data in accord with all applicable legislative principles?

Law Bases for Processing

Can you demonstrate that you have a legitimate basis for using a person’s data in every test and piece of development?

Data Minimisation

Is the smallest possible volume of personal data being used, by the fewest people possible, and for the shortest period possible? Can you prove it?

Purpose Limitation

Can you prove that your testers and developers are only using data in accord with legitimate grounds for processing it, for instance based on explicit consent?

Right to Erasure / Be Forgotten

If asked, can you promptly find and erase every instance of a person’s data across your systems? What about on local machines?

Right to Data Portability

When asked, can you promptly find, copy and provide a copy of a person’s personal data in a format that is readable by them?

How Much Can You Risk?

How would your company handle fines of tens of millions of Euros, alongside the brand damage and customer churn associated with non-compliance?

A Hybrid Approach to Test Data Compliance

Most teams risk using production data in lower environments out of a perceived necessity, not by choice. Their data is poorly understood and complex. Many simply lack the time, tools and understanding needed to mask interrelated data, or create new data by hand. Yet, if you don’t understand your data, how can you find and delete it on demand, or prove that you have legitimate grounds for using it in testing?

The most reliable way to ensure test data compliance is to limit the spread of sensitive data across non-production. Test Data Automation provides an integrated toolset for removing sensitive data from development, while providing all the data needed to deliver better software, faster.

An integrated test data compliance toolkit:

Test Data Profiling

Scan databases and files across environments and applications, understanding where personally and commercially sensitive information resides across your IT estate.

Test Data Masking

Remove sensitive data before it’s moved to test environments. Rapid, reusable masking anonymises data and retains the referential integrity needed in testing.

Synthetic Data Generation

A reliable method for avoiding sensitive data. Generate realistic, fictitious data from scratch, while providing every combination needed for rigorous testing.

Test Data Allocation

Find, match and reserve exact data combinations for manual and automated tests, ensuring that tests run without bottlenecks and without using more data than they need.

Database Subsetting

Test and develop using compact subsets of data. High-performance routines “crawl” recursively across data, collecting the smallest volumes needed to retain referential integrity.

Data Find and Makes

Automatically find the exact data needed for a test scenario, suite or user story, generating missing combinations to ensure test coverage.

Ensure Compliance, Quality, and Delivery Speed

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was the start of a global trend in tightening data privacy legislation. Test Data Automation helps you move towards privacy by design in testing and development. It provides the data combinations needed for rigorous testing, without the delays associated with manual data provisioning. Talk to us if you need to comply with: