Partial encryption of images for real-time applications
Marc Van Droogenbroeck · Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) · 2004
Multimedia systems mostly base security on a restricted access to services. In the context of real-time imaging applications, this model suffers several drawbacks. Applications become vulnerable to password attacks and once exposed attackers have access to all the data. An alternative consists of the systematic encryption of all data. When dealing with images, this approach is inconvenient because the data needs to be processed in its entirety before users can gain any insight. As well, the decryption task requires large amounts of processing power. This presentation shows how partial encryption can match applications requirements without the overhead of full encryption.