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Business Definition for: Steganography

the production and placing in computer files of secret messages so small as to be detectable only by special software

Wiktionary Definition for: Steganography

The practice of hiding messages, often by writing them in places where they may not be found. Often (wrongly) used to mean the same as cryptography which relates to encoded messages.

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Cole, Eric. .(Book Review): Indianapolis: Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 0-471-44449-9 Security expert Cole, who spent 5 years working for the CIA, is currently Chief Scientist for The Sytex Group's Information Warfare Center. His book not only explains steganography, cryptography, and digital watermarking, it offers approximately 80 pages...; Tags: CIA, cryptography, Indianapolis, SECURITY; Research articles 2003-10-01
IEEE has launched "IEEE Transactions of Information Forensics and Security," a new quarterly magazine whose aim is to provide a forum for archival research on the contributions and the mathematics behind information forensics, information secur: IEEE New York has launched "IEEE Transactions of Information Forensics and Security," a new quarterly magazine whose aim is to provide a forum for archival research on the contributions and the mathematics behind information forensics, information security, surveillance, and systems applications. It covers such topics as: digital rights management technology;...; Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, IEEE, mathematics, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-06-17

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