Title: Image encryption method based on using least square error techniques at the decryption stage

Authors: Mahmood Al-khassaweneh

Addresses: Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology, Department of Computer Engineering, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan

Abstract: To protect digital data, provide secure communication and ensure privacy, many encryption algorithms have been proposed recently. Many of the proposed image encryption methods are based on shuffling the image pixels to make the relation between the encrypted and original images unclear. The shuffling-based methods with small key space, usually, lack the security, since knowing the encryption algorithm will help the hacker recover the original image. In this paper, a new image encryption algorithm with large key space is proposed which uses least square approximation techniques in the decrypting stage. The encrypted image is obtained through multiplying the original image by randomly generated vectors. At the receiver, least square approximation techniques are applied on the encrypted image and the randomly generated vectors to recover the original image. The method has been tested on a large number of images and the simulations show the effectiveness and the enhancement in security of the proposed algorithm.

Keywords: image encryption; information security; least squares approximation; decryption; privacy protection; simulation; cryptography.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICS.2011.044823

International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 2011 Vol.4 No.4, pp.332 - 344

Published online: 28 Feb 2015 *

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