Re:A terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day at Slack
by jacquesm on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @02:07PM
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You should not use production data for QA, period. Use generated data.
If you really must use real data make sure that (1) you have explicit direction to do this from those higher up in the food chain so that if there ever is a breach of your test systems you don't end up holding the bag and (2) anonymize a copy of the data before it leaves the production system. That way you minimize the risk. But better: simply don't do it, generate your test data.
If you really must use real data make sure that (1) you have explicit direction to do this from those higher up in the food chain so that if there ever is a breach of your test systems you don't end up holding the bag and (2) anonymize a copy of the data before it leaves the production system. That way you minimize the risk. But better: simply don't do it, generate your test data.