929 new features in WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile 2024

AUTOMATIC DATA MASKING 184 N e w f e a t u r e W D W B WM WHO CAN READ THE DATA? For security reasons, any access attempt to a masked item returns masked content. The original value cannot be read, either in the HFSQL Control Center or programmatically. To allow reading the original content, you must have unmask priv- ileges on the data file. In this case, the server returns the original data. Benefit of this new feature in version 2024 : Total control over data privacy 185 N e w f e a t u r e W D W B WM SIMPLE PROGRAMMING In all cases, the server stores the initial value of a masked item, which is why the data file (table) must be encrypted. WLanguage functions such as HModify , etc. have no effect on the masked item. They do not modify values from masked items. There is no risk of overwriting the original values. Users cannot search, sort or filter data from these items unless they have the required permissions. Benefit of this new feature in version 2024: Easy programming 186 N e w f e a t u r e W D W B WM MAXIMUM SECURITY All cases of use of a masked item are managed: Stored calculated items, materialized views, backups, table exports, etc. It is not possible to create a backup copy of a data file without the unmask privileges. Benefit of this new feature in version 2024 : Total security by default 35 N e w f e a t u r e s i n W I ND E V 2 0 2 4 WE B D E V 2 0 2 4 W I ND E V Mo b i l e 2 0 2 4