Steganographic Techniques of Data Hiding Using Digital Images (Review Paper)

  • Babloo Saha Institute for Systems Studies and Analyses
  • Shuchi Sharma Jaipur Institute of Engineering and Technology
Keywords: Digital image steganography, data hiding, cover-image, stego-image, redundant bits, least significant bit, most significant bit, reversible data hiding

Abstract

Steganography is an art that involves communication of secret data in an appropriate carrier, e.g., image, audio, video or TCP/IP header file. Steganography’s goal is to hide the very existence of embedded data so as not to arouse an eavesdropper’s suspicion. For hiding secret data in digital images, large varieties of steganographic techniques are available, some are more complex than others, and all of them have their respective pros and cons. Steganography has various useful applications and the technique employed depends on the requirements of the application to be designed for. For instance. applications may require absolute invisibility of the secret data, larger secret data to be hidden or high degree of robustness of the carrier. This paper intends to give thorough understanding and evolution of different existing digital image steganography techniques of data hiding in spatial, transform and compression domains. It covers and integrates recent research work without going in to much detail of steganalysis, which is the art and science of defeating steganography.

Defence Science Journal, 2012, 62(1), pp.11-18DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.62.1436

Author Biographies

Babloo Saha, Institute for Systems Studies and Analyses
Mr Babloo Saha has received his BE (Computer Engg) from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, in 2008. Currently, he is working as a Scientist in the Institute for Systems, Studies and Analyses, Delhi. His areas of interests include: Modeling and simulation of war-games, multi-agents system and information security.
Shuchi Sharma, Jaipur Institute of Engineering and Technology
Ms Shuchi Sharma has received her BE (Computer Engg) from Yagyavalkya Institute of Technology, University of Rajasthan, in 2009. Currently, she is working as a lecturer in Jaipur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur. Her areas of interests include: Data communication and information security.
Published
2012-01-23
How to Cite
Saha, B., & Sharma, S. (2012). Steganographic Techniques of Data Hiding Using Digital Images (Review Paper). Defence Science Journal, 62(1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.62.1436
Section
Special Issue Papers