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Welcome to the Steganography Analysis and Research Center
A Backbone Security Center of Excellence
The word steganography is derived from the Greek words steganos which
means covered and graphie which means writing. Thus, steganography
literally means "covered writing." Steganography has been used throughout history
for secret communications. Criminals have always sought ways to conceal their activity
in real, or physical space. The same is true in virtual, or cyber space.
Digital steganography represents a particularly significant threat today
because of the large number of digital steganography applications freely available
on the Internet that can be used to hide any digital file inside of another digital
file. Use of these applications, which are both easy to obtain and simple to use,
allows criminals to conceal their activities in cyber space. In fact, the
NIJ Guide for Electronic Crime Scene Investigation for First Responders
states that potential digital evidence in child abuse, child exploitation, and terrorism
investigations includes information regarding steganography. Thus, steganography
presents a significant challenge to those who investigate it because detecting hidden
information and then extracting that information is very difficult and may be impossible
in some cases.
The Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC) is a Center of Excellence
within Backbone Security focused exclusively on steganography research and the development
of advanced steganalysis products and services. The SARC has developed state-of-the-art
steganography detection and extraction capabilities that address the needs of digital
investigation specialists and information technology security personnel in law enforcement,
government, military, intelligence, and the private sector. By providing a national
repository of steganography application hash values, or fingerprints, and developing
the most advanced steganalysis tools, techniques, and procedures to find and extract
hidden information, the SARC is rapidly evolving into a high-value asset to computer
forensic examiners who wish to conduct steganalysis on seized media. The SARC has
the products and support that can provide you with state-of-the-art solutions and
benefits.
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