CIPHER

Categorize, Identify and Programmatically extract Hidden Entities and Resolve

CIPHER is a stand-alone Windows application that examines electronic documents for possible incidents of hidden information and user-defined search phrases. CIPHER locates, reports and resolves these occurrences. Proprietary or classified information can intentionally or accidentally be included in documents shared with others. Boeing programmers have created a superior product that can be used to ensure that hidden information is not inadvertently included in and transmitted with a file.

Key features

• Finds hidden data in various file formats and embedded objects and images within the files
• Searches for user-defined simple and regular expressions
• Generates an audit log of findings that contains hyperlinks to hidden information and search results
• Optionally removes occurrences of hidden information and replaces located expressions

Key benefits

• Alerts document creators of hidden data instances
• Enables resolution of hidden data to ensure inappropriate information is not included in transmitted documents
• Searches for hidden expressions

For more information, contact IPM@boeing.com.