Hermes

Objective:

  • Engineer a tactical solution to de-sensitize sensitive data of the organization
  • Understand different types of data sources within the organization and create relevant strategies for them
  • Develop engine and tools for automation of tokenization
  • Improve the efficiency of the whole process as much as possible

Approach:

  • Learnt about several data sources throughout the organization (with focus on transactional data)
  • Solution contained
    • Modular software design with early and late failure choices and several safeguards built to handle sensitive data - One-way encryption cipher based algorithm to generate unique non-sensitive data to respective sensitive data point
    • 24x7 service which any authorized entity could make use of
    • Worked on large data loads with high performace thus minimal latency
    • Plugins to support other non-essential features on case-by-case basis

Results:

  • Delivered a tactical solution within few months of development
  • Minimal Interface for simplicity whilst being completely extensible for any new feature
  • Compatible with different types of files
  • Able to handle unforeseen idiosyncrasies in data on a daily basis
  • Metadata driven service leading to wide adoption around the floor
  • Automated workflows for better maintenance