What's new and changed in Data Privacy

Data Privacy updates can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Updates are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM® Cloud Pak for Data.

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Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.5.3

A new version of Data Privacy was released in October 2022 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.5.3.

Operand version: 4.5.3

This release includes the following changes:

Security fixes

CVE-2022-1292, CVE-2022-1586, CVE-2022-2068, CVE-2022-2097, CVE-2022-25168, CVE-2022-25896, CVE-2022-33980, RHSA-2022:5809

CVE-2021-3997

CVE-2018-20839

Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.5.2

A new version of Data Privacy was released in August 2022 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.5.2.

Operand version: 4.5.2

This release includes the following changes:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following fix:

Issue: When you're validating your upgrade to Cloud Pak for Data 4.5.0 and 4.5.1 and the get-cr-status results in Failed, it's possible that the dp-subset pods are stuck and preventing you from completing the upgrade.

Resolution: This issue is now fixed.

Security fixes

CVE-2022-23218, CVE-2022-23219, CVE-2022-31129, CVE-2022-32212, CVE-2022-32213, CVE-2022-32214, CVE-2022-32215, CVE-2022-33980, CVE-2022-37434

CVE-2021-3326, CVE-2021-35942, CVE-2021-38604

CVE-2020-1751, CVE-2020-1752, CVE-2020-6096

CVE-2019-19126, CVE-2019-6488, CVE-2019-9169, CVE-2019-9192

CVE-2018-19591, CVE-2018-20796

Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.5.1

A new version of Data Privacy was released in July 2022 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.5.1.

Operand version: 4.5.1

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.5.1 release of Data Privacy includes the following features and updates:

Support for Apache Hive: Data Privacy now supports masking data through Apache Hive. Use Apache Hive to read, write, and manage masked data that is copied to Apache Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). Hive can store petabytes of data, and because it stores copied data in HDFS, it’s a more scalable solution than a traditional database.
For more information, see Advanced data masking.

Security fixes

CVE-2022-29217

CVE-2020-15095

CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776, CVE-2019-16777

Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.5.0

A new version of Data Privacy was released in June 2022 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.5.0.

Operand version: 4.5.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.5.0 release of Data Privacy includes the following features and updates:

New options for masking dates with the obfuscate and redact methods

When you create rules by using advanced masking, you now have new expanded options for masking dates. The obfuscate method and redact method include the following options to help you transform dates into similar date formats:

Obfuscate method

When you select the obfuscate method for masking dates, the following options for altering the dates are available:

Basic date masking: Specify a date range, and the dates in that range are used to mask your dates.
Shift date by fixed amount: Specify an interval of a set number of days to mask your dates.
Mask date to same time period: Specify the same week, month, quarter, or year of the dates you want to mask. For example, if the original passport expiration date is 2022-03-11, and you selected Same week, the date that will be used to mask the expiration date is 2022-03-09.

For details, see Preserve format method.

Redact method

When you select the redact method for masking dates, you can specify the date values you want to use to alter the original dates. For details, see Redacting data method.

Security fixes

This release includes fixes for the following security issues:

CVE-2022-29824

CVE-2021-3634, CVE-2021-35937, CVE-2021-35938, CVE-2021-35939

CVE-2018-25032