Applications of Digital Watermarking to Cyber Security (Cyber Watermarking)

Abstract

Cyber security is generally an extension of the traditional information technology (IT) security that is aimed at protecting systems, applications and data that exposed to a variety of forms of attack via the internet, ranging from data theft and espionage to corruption of data and denial of service attacks. There is a need for an increase in cyber security research due to losses from sabotage being experienced by nations, businesses and individuals from various cybercrime attacks. This paper takes a look at the applications digital watermarking to the process of protection in cyber space called cyber watermarking particularly focusing on theft of information (identity & credit card theft).The methodology of the research is through literature search and case study. The rest of the paper presents a brief overview of the digital watermarking and issues in cyber security.