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Realization of Efficient Steganographic Scheme Using Hybrid Edge Detection and Chaos

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Information technology is playing a greater role in different spheres of life for quick operational processes. It helps in time-saving in the era of globalization by exchanging information over the internet. However, using the internet as a medium for information exchange can cause the risk of data being hacked/modified. The hackers have found illegitimate actions of cyberspace anonymity a great platform. These intruders are technically well-skilled to modify, breach and steal sensitive information. Thus, providing security to such important data is a big challenge for researchers. This paper presents novel image steganography using edge detection technique and chaotic function. The edge regions of an image have been used to hide sensitive information. These edge regions have been detected using a combination of Canny and Laplacian of Gaussian detectors. Before embedding, the important data is encrypted using coupled chaos functions (Logistic and Sine maps) to improve data security. The maps in the presented framework have been used in an alternative manner in which the output of one maps’ iteration is used as an initial key to another map. The proposed method is analyzed for quality, security, and payload. From the evaluation perspective, the proposed framework shows better results for Peak Signal to Noise Ratio of 43.97 dB, Number of Changes per Rate of 99.9998%, Unified Average Changed Intensity of 52.8914%, and Entropy value of 7.7883. The comparison of the proposed scheme shows superiority over state-of-the-art techniques, hence proving the efficacy of the proposed scheme.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Technology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

    Aiman Jan, Shabir A. Parah & Muzamil Hassan

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir, Zakoora, India

    Bilal A. Malik

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Jan, A., Parah, S.A., Hassan, M. et al. Realization of Efficient Steganographic Scheme Using Hybrid Edge Detection and Chaos. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 1859–1872 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-06960-w

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