Finding Scope for Opinion Formation Based Optimization in Steganography

To send file in a secure way while maintaining its integrity and confidentiality is the desire of every sender. Substitution technique of steganography has been proven to achieve this but with limited functionalities. In order to overcome limitations of substitution technique, it needs to be optimized. This paper discuss and analyze the application of social impact theory based optimizer in substitution technique. The cover file chosen as audio in wav format. Keywords— Opinion Formation, Social Impact Theory, Substitution Technique, Audio Steganography