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Information Forensics: An Overview of the First Decade

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Stamm, Matthew C., Min Wu, Liu, K. J. Ray·2013·IEEE Access

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In recent decades, we have witnessed the evolution of information technologies from the development of VLSI technologies, to communication and networking infrastructure, to the standardization of multimedia compression and coding schemes, to effective multimedia content search and retrieval. As a result, multimedia devices and digital content have become ubiquitous. This path of technological evolution has naturally led to a critical issue that must be addressed next, namely, to ensure that content, devices, and intellectual property are being used by authorized users for legitimate purposes, and to be able to forensically prove with high confidence when otherwise. When security is compromised, intellectual rights are violated, or authenticity is forged, forensic methodologies and tools are employed to reconstruct what has happened to digital content in order to answer who has done what, when, where, and how. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview on what has been done over the last decade in the new and emerging field of information forensics regarding theories, methodologies, state-of-the-art techniques, major applications, and to provide an outlook of the future.

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Authors
Stamm, M. C., Wu, M., & Liu, K. J. R.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Venue
IEEE Access
Published
2013
Volume
1
Pages
167-200
ISSN
2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2046686077
Cited by
394
References
179
Citations by year
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FWCI
25.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • IEEE Access (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Digital Media Forensic Detection
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital and Cyber Forensics
Keywords
information forensics, digital forensics, multimedia forensics, intellectual property protection, digital watermarking, digital signatures

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