Steganalysis Tools Now Available on DOD EMALL Countermeasure to Insider Use of Digital Steganography

Fairmont, West Virginia –February 22, 2007 – Backbone Security is pleased to announce the world-class steganalysis tools developed in their Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC) are now available on the DOD EMALL web site www.emall.dla.mil.

According to the Defense Logistics Agency DOD EMALL pamphlet, “The DOD EMALL strives to be the single entry point for Department of Defense (DOD) and Federal buyers & purchasers to shop for and buy off-the-shelf finished goods and services from the commercial marketplace and government sources.”

DOD EMALL features include national and regional catalogs, secure online ordering, easy registration, detailed product information, a powerful search engine, and a paperless transaction to name a few. Multiple payment options are available, including use of Government Purchase Card (GPC) and corporate credit cards for government contractors.

“We are pleased and excited to have our state-of-the-art digital steganalysis tools listed on the DOD EMALL,” said Glenn Watt, President and CEO of Backbone Security. “Deploying countermeasures to the insider threat is a challenging task in any organization but is a particularly daunting challenge in an organization the size of DOD. Considering the sheer amount of national security sensitive information DOD must protect, use of advanced technology to mitigate the insider threat is of paramount importance. Our tools can be an effective countermeasure to one aspect of that threat—use of digital steganography applications to steal sensitive or classified information.”

Please visit the DOD EMALL web site at www.emall.dla.mil for additional information on registering for access to the EMALL to purchase our digital steganalysis tools.

About the SARC - The SARC is a Center of Excellence in digital steganography R&D within Backbone Security focused on providing a national repository of digital steganography applications, fingerprints, and signatures. The SARC has developed world-class steganalysis tools for detecting and extracting information hidden with digital steganography applications.

About Backbone Security – Backbone is an Approved Scanning Vender (ASV) certified by the Payment Card Industry-(PCI) Security Standards Council to conduct automated PCI Data Security Standard compliance assessments with a One-Stop Scanning Solution. Backbone is a full-service IT security company that also specializes in vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, real-time intrusion monitoring, certification and accreditation, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery planning.

Contact: Jim Wingate, Vice President for West Virginia Operations and Director, SARC Voice: (866) 401-9392, Fax: (304) 366-9163, or E-Mail: jwingate@backbonesecurity.com.