https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Masking-Sensitive-Data-to-SHA-256/m-p/295609#M38730 <P>When using the SaaS platform and masking a value matched by a regex to SHA-256.&nbsp; Is the hashed value a standard SHA-256 or is some kind of salt involved?</P> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:03:52 GMT croweman 2026-03-05T07:03:52Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Masking-Sensitive-Data-to-SHA-256/m-p/295609#M38730 <P>When using the SaaS platform and masking a value matched by a regex to SHA-256.&nbsp; Is the hashed value a standard SHA-256 or is some kind of salt involved?</P> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:03:52 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Masking-Sensitive-Data-to-SHA-256/m-p/295609#M38730 croweman 2026-03-05T07:03:52Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Masking-Sensitive-Data-to-SHA-256/m-p/297422#M38883 <P>hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/101865">@croweman</a>&nbsp;</P><P>Can refer the below document,&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/lma-mask-sensitive-data#create-rule" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/lma-mask-sensitive-data#create-rule</A></P><P>Its mentioned as,</P><UL class=""><LI>If you select<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>SHA-256</STRONG>, your data will be replaced by the 40-character hash string.</LI><LI>If you select<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>replace with string</STRONG>, set<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>Replacement</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>to the string that is meant to replace your sensitive data.</LI></UL><P>No Salt involved <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:34:28 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Masking-Sensitive-Data-to-SHA-256/m-p/297422#M38883 AravindhanV 2026-04-09T06:34:28Z