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steganography

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-004091

1. The art, science, and practice of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication.

2. The art and science of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication. For example, a child pornography image can be hidden inside another graphic image file, audio file, or other file format.

3. Embedding data within other data to conceal it.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-004091
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2022 from NIST SP 800-72 (adapted); NIST SP 800-101 Rev. 1; NIST SP 800-72; NIST SP 800-86; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004091",
  "term": "steganography",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The art, science, and practice of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication.\n\n2. The art and science of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication. For example, a child pornography image can be hidden inside another graphic image file, audio file, or other file format.\n\n3. Embedding data within other data to conceal it.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from NIST SP 800-72 (adapted)",
    "NIST SP 800-101 Rev. 1; NIST SP 800-72",
    "NIST SP 800-86",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/steganography/"
}

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