Abstract
This paper presents an efficient image cipher based on applying the chaotic Baker Map (BM) in the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT). The encryption module of the proposed DCT-based BM image cipher employs a DCT on the original plain-image then, the DCT coefficients of the plain-image are shuffled with the BM. Finally, the inverse DCT is applied to the shuffled plain-image DCT coefficients to obtain the final cipher-image. The decryption module of the proposed DCT-based BM image cipher employs a DCT on the input cipher-image then, the DCT coefficients of the cipher-image are inversely shuffled with the BM. Finally, the inverse DCT is applied to the inversely shuffled cipher-image DCT coefficients to obtain the original plain-image. A set of experimental tests are performed to test the validity of the proposed DCT-based BM image cipher and the performed tests demonstrated the superiority of the proposed DCT-based BM image cipher in terms of statistical, differential, sensitivity and noise immunity.