CompTIA Security+ Exam Prep

Answer: C - Steganography is the practice of hiding a message within another type of media. Only the sender and receiver are supposed to be able to see the message because it is secretly hidden in a graphic, wave file, document, or other type of media. The message is not encrypted, just hidden. Encrypted messages can draw attention because it informs of sensitivity level. A message hidden in a picture would not attract attention because it is embedded in a picture. Steganography is considered a type of security through obscurity.