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Backbone Security Sponsors EuroForensics Conference
Providing Certified Steganography Examiner Course as Pre-Conference Training
PRESS RELEASE
November 25, 2009
FAIRMONT, WV - Backbone Security is pleased to announce sponsorship of the 2010
EuroForensics Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, March 26-28, 2010. As a Silver Sponsor,
Backbone will be offering their two-day Certified Steganography
Examiner (CSE) course on March 24-25.
Digital steganography is an Internet era version of an information hiding technique
that dates back to the days of Ancient Greece. Criminals can use steganography to
conceal evidence of criminal activity. Insiders can use steganography to steal sensitive
information. Terrorists can use steganography to establish a covert channel for
communications.
It is estimated there are over 1,000 steganography applications available on the
Internet as freeware or shareware. These applications are easy to find, download,
install, and use with many offering a drag-and-drop or wizard interface to make
the process of hiding information so simple that literally anyone can do it.
The CSE course features instruction on the Analytical Approach to Steganalysis.
Students will learn about various techniques and methods used to embed hidden information
within carrier files by a variety of steganography tools. Students will use advanced
steganalysis tools developed in the SARC to conduct a complete steganography examination
from initial suspicion that steganography was used to conceal digital evidence to
detection and recovery of the hidden information. Students who pass the practical
and written examination will receive a Certified Steganography Examiner certification
from Backbone Security.
Students will receive a complimentary pass to attend the conference along with a
course workbook, reference CD, and a one year license to the Steganography Analyzer
Artifact Scanner (StegAlyzerAS) and the Steganography Analyzer Signature Scanner
(StegAlyzerSS). Please note: In some cases, an export license may be required to
obtain the tools used in the course. To allow ample time to process an export license
application, students should register no later than six weeks prior to the course.
Class size is strictly limited to the first 16 students that register to attend
the course. To register for the course, please contact Bilal Yilmaz by sending email
to: bilal@forensicpeople.com. For
additional information about the course please send email to
sarc@backbonesecurity.com.
About EuroForensics - The EuroForensics Forensic Sciences Conference and Exhibition
is the only forensics and security focused international event in Turkey as well
as the greater Euro-Asian Region. For more information, please visit www.euroforensics.com
About the SARC - The SARC is a Center of Excellence in digital steganography research and development within Backbone Security. The SARC has established the worlds largest commercially available repository of digital steganography applications, fingerprints, and signatures and has developed industry leading computer forensics and network security steganalysis tools for detecting and extracting information hidden with digital steganography applications.
About Backbone Security - In addition to the world class digital steganography research and development conducted in the SARC, Backbone is an Approved Scanning Vender (ASV) certified by the Payment Card Industry-(PCI) Security Standards Council to conduct automated PCI Data Security Standard compliance assessments with a One-Stop Scanning Solution.