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Synthetic Test Data vs. Test Data Masking: How to Use Both

To use synthetic test data or to use test data masking — that is the question. But the answer may not be what you expect. Before we dive into that, what’s happening in today’s business landscape that’s prompting the question around synthetic vs. masking? Delivering high-quality applications at lightning speed is expected in today’s CI/CD world. Fast time-to-market is at odds with security and compliance requirements.

How to Install and Secure a Perforce P4 (Helix Core) Server on Windows

Get a step-by-step walkthrough for installing and setting up your own P4 (Helix Core) server on a Windows machine. This in-depth guide covers everything from downloading the installer and configuring your server to creating users, setting up backups, and enabling secure SSL connections. Led by Jase Lindgren, Senior P4 User Advocate and Solution Engineer at Perforce Software, this video offers a clear starting point to help you get your P4 server up and running.

Point-in-Time Data Provisioning for Recovery or Hot-Fix with Perforce Delphix

Discover how Perforce Delphix enables organizations to provision point-in-time data for instant recovery and accelerate hotfix testing. This demo shows how you can recover from incidents like data corruption or bad code deployments in minutes, not hours.

Eliminating Development Bottlenecks with Fast Data Delivery from Perforce Delphix [Tutorial]

Are slow, manual data delivery processes hindering your enterprise's innovation? This demonstration shows how Perforce Delphix eliminates critical development bottlenecks with fast, automated, and secure data delivery. See how you can achieve 100x faster provisioning, empower your developers with self-service data control, and dramatically improve storage efficiency.

Static Data Masking for Snowflake Tutorial with Perforce Delphix

Learn how Delphix simplifies data masking for Snowflake to protect sensitive data while maintaining its usability for analytics and AI. This demo explains why masking is critical for security and compliance, especially when managing large-scale data in the cloud.

How Ephemeral Test Environments Solve DevOps' Biggest Challenge

Ephemeral test environments have surfaced as a solution to DevOps teams’ growing challenges. Dealing with spiraling cloud costs and infrastructure maintenance is only getting more complex. Development teams find themselves competing for limited or stale environments while datasets grow larger. As a result, development velocity suffers. Application teams need realistic data for effective testing.

Understanding the SWAP Report: A Guide for Defense Software

Since the release of the Defense Innovation Board (DIB)'s Software Acquisition and Practices (SWAP) report in 2019, the Department of Defense (DoD) has focused on adopting and recommending DevSecOps best practices for aerospace and defense development and software acquisition, as detailed in the DoD's 2024 State of DevSecOps report.