IRI DarkShield v7: Faster Data Masking & PII Discovery
IRI releases DarkShield v7, boosting data masking speed by 3X with AI, expanded PII discovery for MongoDB/PDFs, and enhanced privacy compliance.
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IRI has launched DarkShield v7, featuring 3X faster data masking, expanded PII discovery for MongoDB and PDFs, plus AI-powered face and signature obfuscation.
MELBOURNE, FL, UNITED STATES, September 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — New release adds source coverage, masking speed, and functionality
IRI, The CoSort Company, today announced the release of DarkShield v7, another key upgrade to its enterprise data-discovery and masking platform.
DarkShield v7 delivers substantial multi-threaded performance improvements, stronger personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) deidentification functions, broader source-format support, and a streamlined application programming interface (API) architecture.
The release expands the content-aware data loss prevention capabilities available to organizations that need to discover, redact, anonymize, pseudonymize, and otherwise mask sensitive data across structured, semi-structured, and unstructured sources. It also introduces improvements designed to accelerate data-protection and audit workflows while supporting privacy compliance, testing, analytics, and secure data sharing.
Performance Improvements
* Worker Pool Concurrency: Multi-threaded requests boost search and masking speed by up to 3X.
* Search Matcher Caching: Compiled matchers can be reused to accelerate repeated PII discovery operations.
* Database Update Caching: An optional, faster method is available for updating and masking values in place.
Functional Upgrades
* JPath Matchers for MongoDB: Additional PII discovery options recognize BSON keys in MongoDB data.
* Identity Fabrication: Additional synthetic identity types support anonymization and test-data generation.
* Date Pseudonymization Rule: A new rule supports consistent, privacy-preserving date shifting.
* SHA-3 Hashing: A modern hashing rule provides an alternative for security applications requiring hashing beyond SHA-256.
* AES-256 SIV and FF1 FPE: New encryption options support misuse-resistant authenticated encryption and format-preserving encryption aligned with applicable NIST standards.
Format Expansions
* Edge-Case Document Handling: Improved PII discovery supports more complex PDF and Microsoft Office files.
* Face and Signature Detection: Trained AI models help detect and obfuscate faces and signatures in supported content.
* DICOM Enhancements: Metadata tags can be matched to burned-in pixel text to support masking in medical imaging files.
* Relational Database to Delimited Masked Output: Masked table data can now also be written to delimited files.
API Enhancements
* Unified Endpoint Architecture: A single instruction-driven endpoint supports all DarkShield operations.
* Compressed Response Package: Masked content and associated logs can be returned in a single compressed folder to improve accessibility and reduce storage requirements.
* JWT Authentication: Standards-based JSON Web Token authentication supports role-based access control.
Additional Log: A new JSON log supports use with the IRI OGS log wrangler.
Together, these updates make DarkShield v7 better suited for enterprise data-masking workflows that require high-volume discovery, privacy-preserving transformation, flexible source coverage, and integration with existing data-security processes.
DarkShield v7 is available for organizations seeking self-hosted data discovery, deidentification, masking, and auditing across sensitive structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
About IRI and DarkShield
IRI, The CoSort Company, has been a leader in big-data manipulation solutions since 1978 and in confidential data masking since 2007. IRI’s third data-masking tool, DarkShield, delivers fast, self-hosted, and privacy-law-compliant discovery, deidentification, and logging of sensitive data in structured, semi-structured, and unstructured sources for public- and private-sector enterprises.
Alyssa Ardhya
IRI, The CoSort Company
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