DOT Anonymizer is software from ARCAD Software for protecting sensitive data in test and other non-production environments. It works in three steps: discovering sensitive data with the Data Discovery module, extracting representative data sets from production with DOT Extract, and anonymising the data consistently so that fictitious but usable names, addresses or card numbers result. It supports dozens of technologies, including relational databases, NoSQL and files. It can be integrated through APIs and into CI/CD pipelines and deployed on-premise or in the cloud. An LLM of the customer's choice can optionally be connected.
ARCAD Software is headquartered in Annecy/Chavanod, France, and describes DOT as a French, sovereign solution. Its privacy policy names a US affiliate, ARCAD Software Inc.; no foreign parent company is named. Because the software is installed by the customer, the data to be anonymised stays in the customer's own environment. According to the vendor, the optional LLM connection is freely chosen (for example OpenAI or Mistral, in the cloud or on-premise); with a cloud service, information leaves your environment, so check where it goes.