Crypto-Forensics
Description
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Crypto-Forensics, covering both fundamental concepts and the latest trends and challenges. Written in clear and accessible language, it is designed to be understood by a wide range of readers. As digital media usage continues to grow, so does the importance of Crypto-Forensics. With more individuals and organizations relying on multimedia content for communication, education, entertainment, and commerce, it is critical to understand the security risks associated with multimedia content and the techniques to mitigate those risks. This book aims to provide that understanding and serve as a valuable resource for anyone interested in Crypto-Forensics.
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Aditya Kumar Sahu is associated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University-AP, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 522240, India. His research area includes multimedia forensics, quantum security, digital image watermarking, image tamper detection and localization, image steganography, reversible data hiding, and convolutional neural network based data hiding. Dr. Sahu has authored more than 100 publications and associate editor and editorial board member of more than 30 indexed journals. Further, he has been listed in the Top 2% cited researchers list for the years 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2021, respectively.
Subhrajyoti Deb is an academician and researcher currently serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Information Technology at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhopal (IIIT Bhopal), a premier institute under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. A Visvesvaraya PhD Fellow from NEHU with postdoctoral experience at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata, he specializes in lightweight cryptography, multimedia security, and IoT authentication, with an impressive research portfolio including 20+ SCI-indexed publications in prestigious journals (IEEE Transactions, ACM TOMM, Elsevier), 2 authored books, 2 patents, and supervision of 4 PhD scholars (3 awarded, 1 ongoing). His international research credentials include an invited visit to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore (2024), IRIS Program Fellowship from the Embassy of Japan (2019-2020), and collaborations with researchers across six countries. He served as the organizing chair for MICA 2023. He has served as a co-editor for the "Special Issue on Recent Advances in IoT and Its Applications" in IEEE MMTC Communication Frontier. He is a senior member of IEEE and CRSI. An active contributor to the academic community, he serves as a reviewer for top-tier journals (IEEE, ACM, Elsevier) and a technical program committee member for international conferences.
Content
"Chapter1-The State of the Art Current status and future trends in forensic security and its analysis".- "Chapter2-Recent advances in cryptography, steganography, and watermarking in Modern Forensics".- "Chapter 3-Safeguarding Evidence: The Role of Encryption in Forensic Investigations".- "Chapter 4-Digital image steganography/steganalysis-based robust information hiding approach".- "Chapter 5-Digital image watermarking-based multimedia forensics".- "Chapter 6-Authentication and access control using multimedia watermarking".- "Chapter 7-Fragile watermarking for tamper detection and localization in multimedia objects".- "Chapter8-Digital multimedia watermarking approaches for reliable self recovery".- "Chapter 9-Opportunities, challenges, and future directions in cryptography, steganography and watermarking".