Just when you think you have your network security under control (assuming that is even possible), something you never considered has to show up and make your job that much more complex. And so it goes with steganography, a technology that lets a seemingly innocuous photo or avatar store surprisingly large amounts of information, including your customers’ credit card information, PHI (private health information), and your company’s intellectual property.
In 2004, IT security provider Backbone Security (www.backbonesecurity.com) launched its Steganography Analysis and Research Center, or SARC, to research and develop solutions to counteract this growing danger. “SARC’s goal is to be the world’s leading provider of digital steganalysis software and to provide users with computer forensic and network security tools to detect insider use of steganography to steal sensitive information or otherwise conceal evidence of criminal activity,” says Jim Wingate, director of SARC and Backbone vice president.
When Backbone Security was incorporated on Sept. 11, 2000, its goal was to provide full-service enterprise information security software and services. The company still positions itself as having a strong portfolio of IT security services to this day. However, Backbone’s specialties in steganalysis at SARC and in PCI compliance assessments and solutions are two areas worth understanding and consideration as our world continues its push toward total interconnectivity and the borders between individual data centers and everything else become increasingly blurred.
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