diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
index c11f20955b..8470a7bce1 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+			<version>20180130</version>
+		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 76ddc2e3ee..3193b1126c 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -46,11 +46,24 @@
         <subject>BAELDUNG: %logger{20} - %msg</subject>
         <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.html.HTMLLayout"/>
     </appender>
+    
+    <appender name="mask" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder class="ch.qos.logback.core.encoder.LayoutWrappingEncoder">
+			<layout class="com.baeldung.logback.MaskingPatternLayout">
+				<maskPattern>\"SSN\"\s*:\s*\"(.*?)\"</maskPattern> <!-- SSN JSON pattern -->
+				<maskPattern>\"address\"\s*:\s*\"(.*?)\"</maskPattern> <!-- Address JSON pattern -->
+				<maskPattern>(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)</maskPattern> <!-- Ip address IPv4 pattern -->
+				<maskPattern>(\w+@\w+\.\w+)</maskPattern> <!-- Email pattern -->
+				<pattern>%-5p [%d{ISO8601,UTC}] [%thread] %c: %m%n%rootException</pattern>
+			</layout>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
 
     <root level="info">
         <appender-ref ref="map"/>
         <appender-ref ref="out"/>
         <appender-ref ref="emailAppender"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="mask" />
     </root>
 
 </configuration>
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