Title: A comprehensive study on image steganography and steganalysis techniques

Authors: A. Amsaveni; P.T. Vanathi

Addresses: Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641 049, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of ECE, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641 004, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: In this modern era, computers and the internet are major communication media that connect different parts of the world. The advancement in the field of data communication has hiked the fear of getting the data snooped at the time of sending it from the sender to the receiver. Hence, information security becomes an inseparable part of data communication. Steganography and steganalysis are important topics in information hiding. Using steganography, information can be hidden in different embedding media, known as carriers. These carriers can be images, audio files, video files, and text files. This paper intends to give an overview of image steganographic techniques. It also attempts to identify the requirements of a good steganographic algorithm. In this paper, steganalysis, which is the science of attacking steganography, has also been discussed.

Keywords: digital images; information hiding; image steganography; steganalysis; requirements; applications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICT.2015.070300

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 2015 Vol.7 No.4/5, pp.406 - 424

Received: 19 Jun 2013
Accepted: 16 Sep 2013

Published online: 02 Jul 2015 *

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