Redaction

Redaction

Hiding or removing sensitive values from text so they cannot be read.

Redaction

Hiding or removing sensitive values from text so they cannot be read.

Redaction

Hiding or removing sensitive values from text so they cannot be read.

Removing sensitive content

In practice

Redaction is permanent. The original value is gone from the output. Use it when you never need the value back, for example in logs.

Before

Card 4242 4242 4242 4242

After

Card [REDACTED]

Term

Covering part or all of a value so it is unreadable while keeping the format.

Open

Term

Swapping a sensitive value for a stable placeholder that can be reversed with a key.

Open

See it in the docs