Abstract
The research paper proposes an efficient image cryptosystem that depends on the utilization of two dimensional (2D) chaotic logistic map (CLM) and singular value decomposition (SVD). The encryption process starts by a confusion stage through applying the 2D-CLM to the input plainimage. Then, the resulted logistic transformed image is then decomposed using the SVD technique into three ciphered components; the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal components. The ciphered horizontal, vertical, and diagonal components are then transmitted to the destination which applies a reverse procedure to reconstruct the original plainimage. A matrix of encryption quality tests are performed for investigating the proposed 2D-CLM based SVD image cipher. The obtained test results confirmed and ensured the efficiency of the proposed 2D-CLM based SVD image cipher.