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Forensic Accounting - Steganography Techniques

The focus of the course is on steganography techniques.

Created byLynn Fountainworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Jan 28, 2022
Forensic Accounting - Steganography Techniques

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleExamine the concepts of steganography
  • check_circleEvaluate text steganography
  • check_circleEvaluate image steganography
  • check_circleEvaluate audio steganography
  • check_circleEvaluate video steganography

About This Course

The focus of the course is on steganography techniques.

Steganography is the art and science of embedding secret messages in a cover message in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message.

The first use of steganography can be traced to 440 BC when ancient Greece, people wrote messages on wood and covered it with wax, which acted as a covering medium Romans used forms of Invisible Inks, to decipher those hidden messages light or heat were used. During World War II the Germans introduced microdots, which were complete documents, pictures, and plans reduced in size to the size of a dot and were attached to normal paperwork. Null Ciphers were also used to hide unencrypted secret messages in an innocent-looking message. Given the amount of data being generated and transmitted electronically, it’s no surprise that numerous methods of protecting that data have evolved.

There are various types of steganography Text Steganography - Hiding information inside the text files. This involves changing the format of existing text, changing words in a text, generating random character sequences, or using context-free grammar to generate readable texts. Image Steganography - Process of hiding text in an image without distorting the picture. Video Steganography - Technique to hide any kind of files into a cover video file. Audio Steganography - The secret message is embedded into an audio signal which alters the binary sequence of the corresponding audio file. Network Steganography - The process of utilizing active network protocols as carriers to transmit a covert message, undetectable by an uninformed party, from a host to its destination.

This session will review these methods and also discuss relevant software.

Field of Study: Accounting

Course Content

2 activities • 6 videos • duration: 1h 21m

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Forensic Accounting - Steganography Techniques-Part16 videos • 1 quiz • 1.4 hours
  • videocamIntroduction
    Duration 5:29
  • videocamSteganography vs. Cryptography; Types of Steganography
    Duration 12:27
  • videocamTypes of Steganography Continued; Image Steganography
    Duration 12:13
  • videocamOther Image Techniques; How to avoid an attack; Audio Steganography
    Duration 12:48
  • videocamAudio Steganography Continued; Video Steganography; Network Steganography
    Duration 23:54
  • videocamTools; Detecting Steganography
    Duration 14:41
  • quizReview Questions
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Final Exam-Part11 quiz

Your Instructor

Lynn Fountain

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Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 24 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. In 2011, as the Chief Audit Executive for an international construction/ engineering firm, she was involved in the active investigation of a joint venture fraud. The investigation included work with the FBI and ultimately led to indictment of the perpetrators and recovery of $13M. Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own training and consulting business and is a regular trainer for the AICPA. Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations” was published by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. -“Leading The Internal Audit Function” and -“Ethics and The Internal Auditor Political Dilemma” were published by Taylor & Francis In addition Ms. Fountain was a contributing author to the certification program exam for the National Association of Accountants. She also has certificate programs on various on-line platforms. Ms. Fountain has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and developed the first internal audit curriculum for the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA credentials and CPA certificate (non-active).

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

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What Students Are Saying

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    enjoyed the course. second time taking a similar course like this.

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    great information

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    Good content

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    a bit to technical for me, but good information

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