Securing data: A study on different transform domain techniques

Abstract

Steganography is a technology which is utilized in securing information through hiding data over another data which can be stored or passed over public network without a clue that secret data is hidden in the cover medium. This article focus on securing and hiding the data through transform domain techniques used in Image, Audio and Video steganography. The review study throws light on the algorithm and properties of transform domain techniques and its benefits to utilize in securing data. Parameters such as imperceptibility, capacity and robustness are evaluated for discrete cosine transform (DCT) and discrete wavelet transform (DWT).