How Cryptonim works
Cryptonim is a desktop application for pseudonymising documents and restoring the original values under your control.
How it works
This describes the intended way of working with the Cryptonim application, which is in development.
Document
You work on your own document in the Cryptonim application.
Pseudonymisation
Confidential information is replaced with pseudonyms, e.g. [[PERSON_000001]].
Further work
You can keep working with the pseudonymised document while limiting the disclosure of confidential information.
Controlled restoration
When you decide, the original values are put back in place of the pseudonyms.
Pseudonymisation and restoration
Pseudonymisation replaces confidential information with pseudonyms (tokens). A pseudonymised document keeps its content structure but contains pseudonyms where the replaced information used to be.
Restoration puts the original values back in place of the pseudonyms. It is not decryption of the document but a controlled reconstruction of the replaced information.
It is always worth checking the result of pseudonymisation before the document is shared.
Development status
Cryptonim is in development, and the commercial release is not yet available. A description of the features and supported document formats will be published once they have been verified.
What Cryptonim is not
Not an anonymisation tool
Pseudonymisation is reversible for anyone who holds the information needed for restoration. As a rule, pseudonymised data remain personal data.
Not a substitute for legal assessment
Using Cryptonim does not in itself determine whether processing complies with the GDPR or with professional obligations.
Detection is not removal
Detecting information does not make it certain that all confidential information has been identified. A pseudonymised document must be checked.
Restoration is not decryption
Restoration puts the original values back in place of the pseudonyms — under your control.
System requirements
System requirements will be published when the product becomes available.