Performance Enhancement of a Transform Domain Based SteganographicTechnique Using Segmentation

Harjeet Kaur, Er Divya Goyal

Abstract: Steganography is the art of inconspicuously hiding data within data. Steganography's goal in general is to hide data well enough that unintended recipients do not suspect the steganographic medium of containing hidden data. The software and links mentioned in this article are just a sample of the steganography tools currently available. As privacy concerns continue to develop along with the digital communication domain, steganography will undoubtedly play a growing role in society. For this reason, it is important that we are aware of Steganography enhances rather than replaces encryption. Messages are not secure simply by virtue of being hidden.

Keywords: Stego-object, Cover-object, Steganalysis, Cover Image, Embedding key, Extraction key, Steganography