Analysis of JPEG 2000 Encryption with Key-dependent Wavelet Packet Subband Structures

We analyze and discuss encryption schemes for JPEG 2000 based on the wavelet packet transform with a keydependent subband structure. These schemes have been assumed to reduce the runtime complexity of encryption and compression. In addition to this “lightweight” nature, other advantages like encrypted domain signal processing have been reported. We systematically analyse encryption approaches based on key-dependent subband structures in terms of their impact on compression performance and the level of security they provide as compared to more classical techniques based on JPSEC. Furthermore, we analyse the prerequisites and settings in which the previously reported advantages actually hold and in which settings little to no advantages can be observed. As a final outcome it has to be stated that this compression integrated encryption approach based on the idea of secret transform domains can be recommended for highly specialised application scenarios only. Previously reported advantages have turned out to apply only partially or only under specific circumstances, and do usually not justify to accept the obvious disadvantages associated with these approaches.

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