Novel Approach to Information Security Management of Confidential and Propriety Information using Image Steganography

Today there is a paradigm shift in the way we look at securing assets. In a time where knowledge is the most important asset there is need to look at securing these assets in a different way. Based on the review literature it has been observed that laptop stolen/lost can be possible threat to leakage of confidential data. Most of the stolen laptops are never recovered. Though data backups are available on company server and user can resume office work immediately, a major threat still exists. The documents are available on the stolen laptops and can be easily retrieved and leaked. This research makes a novel contribution by suggesting that a more complete and comprehensive approach to information security is required. We recommend that users play an effective role by hiding confidential data by using the suggested technique. An approach involving the knowledge force by sharing the ownership of managing the security of important information with the knowledge owners’ has been explored and illustrated in this paper. Cryptographic steganography has been used as the technology for hiding the confidential data and a case study also has been taken up to understand the probable use of this approach. It is proposed that if owners of data are able to hide valuable information by using Cryptosteganography it can have a major effect on security management. This research also unlocks up potential opportunities for further research. Keywords-Security management, lost laptops, Information security management, encryption, Crypto-