Law-enforcement technology New digital steganography detection solutions

Published 7 November 2011

Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity; a Pennsylvania company offers a digital steganography detection solution

Backbone Security announced a new program to allow current users of other digital steganography detection solutions to replace their tools with Backbone’s Steganography Analyzer Artifact Scanner (StegAlyzerAS) and Steganography Analyzer Signature Scanner (StegAlyzerSS) by paying the cost of software maintenance – $625, or less if the user qualifies for or law enforcement or government discount (steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages).

Jim Wingate, vice president of Backbone and director of Backbone’s Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), explained the decision: “We have created the world’s largest database exclusive to digital steganography applications, which now contains more than 1,000 applications, and we have created the world’s only network security appliance capable of detecting steganography in real-time. Our StegAlyzer family of products is recognized by many industry experts as the most advanced digital steganography detection solution on the market. So, we are offering our Software Replacement Program to give digital investigations practitioners access to our state-of-the-art steganography detection tools at an affordable price.”
The company says that only software products with a current software maintenance agreement are eligible for this program.