Circulate Matrix and Compression Sensing Based Multi-Level Image Encryption

Digital data security is a broad research area in the field of science and technology. A lot of research was focused on information security-based mechanism for secure communication. This paper presents a novel image encryption as well as compression based on measurement matrix, pixel exchange and logistic cat map, which includes the permutation, compression, and diffusion processes. Initially the image is divided into four equal sizes of blocks and then each block is transformed into horizontal and vertical low and high frequency band. Then a random matrix multiplication function is applied to achieve an encrypted and scrambling frequency component and apply inverse DWT procedure to get first level of scrambled blocks, and further we apply the second level of security mechanism. Here each adjacent block pixel is exchanged by using the random matrices. For providing the high level of compression we design measurement matrices in compressive sensing by utilizing the circulate matrices and controlling the original column vectors of the circulate matrices with Arnold cat map. With the help of measurement matrix again the blocks are encrypted. Experimental results and performance analyses validate the good compression performance and high security of the given algorithm.