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Steganography : Technique to send secret Data

Steganography is the art and science of hiding information by embedding messages within other, seemingly harmless images or other types of media.  The word steganography is of Greek origin and means "concealed writing". The first recorded use of the term was in 1499 by Johannes Trithemius in his Steganographia, a treatise on cryptography and steganography disguised as a book on magic. Generally, messages will appear to be something else: images, articles, shopping lists, or some other covertext and, classically, the hidden message may be in invisible ink between th e visible lines of a private letter. Technical Steganography Technical steganography offers a broad variety of methods. It is nearly impossible to divide up all these methods. & Its uses scientific methods to hide a message, such as the use of invisible ink or microdots and other size-reduction methods. Some methods of technical steganography are: Invisible Ink One of the metho...

Disaster Recovery :- Save your information assets now...!!!

Disaster Recovery is the process an organization uses to recover access to their software, data, and/or hardware that are needed to resume the performance of normal, critical business functions after the event of either a natural disaster or a disaster caused by humans.  While Disaster Recovery plans, or DRPs, often focus on bridging the gap where data, software, or hardware have been damaged or lost, one cannot forget the vital element of manpower that composes much of any organization.  A building fire might predominantly affect vital data storage; whereas an epidemic illness is more likely to have an affect on staffing. Both types of disaster need to be considered when creating a DR Plan. Thus, organizations should include in their DRPs contingencies for how they will cope with the sudden and/or unexpected loss of key personnel as well as how to recover their data. Disaster Recovery Plans are generally part of a larger, more extensive practice known as Busin...