Protection of a Control System of a Technical Object from Negative Influence of Human Factors by Using Steganographic Methods

Abstract

It is difficult to avoid influence of human factor on work of complex technical objects, so safety systems of technical objects have to contain tools of analysis and withstanding possible negative influences from the side of service personnel (SP). To withstand negative influence of human factors on work of a complex technical object, this paper proposes to use steganographic methods of hiding certain information. For that, information is hidden from some members of service personnel (SP), for which the corresponding information is negative. Besides, certain information is hidden from some SP members that can block its transfer in the system of controlling the management process. Methods of implementing the steganographic data concealment are to a great degree dependent on the type of a digital environment that is considered to be used. Introducing the information fragments in a graphic digital environment is performed so that they would be invisible in this environment. Thus, it is necessary for values of parameters that characterize the invisibility degree to be consistent with parameters used to describe the environment itself.