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Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Computer Forensics - Part 3 (Steganography)

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This course is being offered on multiple dates, listed below. Click the Register button next to your preferred date to register.
 Tue, 06/10/2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:27 pm
 Fri, 06/27/2025 from 2:00 pm to 3:27 pm
 Mon, 07/07/2025 from 5:00 pm to 6:27 pm
 Tue, 07/15/2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:27 pm
 Fri, 07/25/2025 from 9:00 am to 10:27 am
 Wed, 08/06/2025 from 11:00 am to 12:27 pm
 Sat, 08/23/2025 from 1:00 pm to 2:27 pm
 Wed, 09/10/2025 from 3:00 pm to 4:27 pm
 Tue, 09/16/2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:27 pm
 Fri, 09/26/2025 from 5:00 pm to 6:27 pm
 Wed, 10/08/2025 from 9:00 am to 10:27 am
 Fri, 10/24/2025 from 11:00 am to 12:27 pm
 Sat, 11/15/2025 from 1:00 pm to 2:27 pm
 Tue, 11/18/2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:27 pm
 Mon, 11/24/2025 from 3:00 pm to 4:27 pm
 Wed, 12/10/2025 from 5:00 pm to 6:27 pm
Designed For:

Accountants, Finance Professionals, Auditors

Prerequisite:

None

This course is a complement to our series on Becoming a Forensic Accountant and 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, that 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 format of existing text, changing words in a text, generating random character sequences or using context-free grammars 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.
 

Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Accounting
Program Level: Basic

Sponsors

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Please contact the ACPEN Help Desk at (877) 602-9877, [email protected]   or visit https://vscpa.acpen.com/Support/. The Help Desk is available by phone 24/7, 365 days a year. Allow 1 business day for email

Objectives

  • Explore and examine the concepts of steganography
  • Discover and evaluate text steganography
  • Identify and evaluate image steganography
  • Explore and evaluate audio steganography
  • Discover and evaluate video steganography

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Advanced Preparation

None

Vendor

The Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: NASBARegistry.org.

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