The Phileas Trino Connector Is Now Open Source
The Phileas Trino connector is now open source under Apache 2.0. How to install and register the plugin, a worked SQL redaction example, and ops details.
Cutting False Positives on National IDs with Checksum Validation
Phileas can now validate national and financial IDs by checksum, so a custom identifier rejects format-valid look-alikes and redacts fewer false positives.
Phileas 4.0.0
Phileas 4.0.0 is on Maven Central: authenticated AES-GCM encryption, ReDoS guards, faster span handling, PhiSQL policy input, and a Java 25 build.
Introducing PhiSQL: The Query Language for PII Operations
PhiSQL is a declarative, SQL-like query language for PII privacy operations across the Philterd toolkit. The problem it solves and what ships in v0.1.
PII Masking and Redaction in Trino with the Phileas Connector
Mask and redact PII column by column inside Apache Trino with the open source Phileas connector: install it, redact in SQL, and federate across sources.
Architecting Privacy in Kafka: Real-Time Redaction for Streaming Data
Three battle-tested patterns for redacting PII inside Apache Kafka pipelines: Phileas as an embedded library, Philter over HTTP, or a Kafka Connect transform.
From Phileas to Philter: The Evolution of Our Open Source Engine
How a focused open source experiment grew into the engine behind a full enterprise PII suite, and why both Phileas and Philter still ship independently.
Redacting PII and PHI in OpenSearch Data Prepper Pipelines
Add a Phileas or Philter redaction step to an OpenSearch Data Prepper pipeline so PII and PHI are removed before data lands in your search index.
Phileas 2.12.0
Phileas 2.12.0, the popular open source redaction library, is released. A new Philter built on it is coming to the AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure marketplaces.
Shielding Your Search: Redacting PII and PHI in Elasticsearch with the Search Redact Plugin
The Search Redact plugin for Elasticsearch, built on Phileas, redacts PII and PHI from your search results so sensitive data stays private.
Shielding Your Search: Redacting PII and PHI in OpenSearch with the Search Redact Plugin
The Search Redact plugin for OpenSearch, built on Phileas, redacts PII and PHI from your search results so sensitive data stays private.
Phileas 2.10.0
Phileas 2.10.0 is released. This version removes the commons-csv and guava dependencies, adds a bloom filter, updates pdfbox to 3.0, and adds fixes.
Phileas in Graylog – Removing PII from Logs
Graylog has integrated Phileas, the open source PII and PHI redaction engine, into its log management platform to identify and redact sensitive data in logs.
Phileas 2.9.1
Phileas 2.9.1 is released: a new line separator in LineWidthSplitService, empty ph-eye spans no longer signal failure, and a default PhEyeConfiguration value.
Phileas: The Open Source PII and PHI redaction engine
Introducing Phileas, the open source PII and PHI redaction engine, now available under the Apache license on GitHub. It powers both Philter and Phirestream.
What is format-preserving encryption?
Format-preserving encryption (FPE) encrypts a value so the ciphertext keeps its shape and won't break downstream systems. A guide with credit-card examples.