A secure ITI-DWT-based reversible watermarking framework for attack-prone IoT environments
摘要
In the rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, securing multimedia data transmission is paramount. This study introduces a robust reversible watermarking framework leveraging Integer-to-Integer Discrete Wavelet Transforms (ITI-DWT) to ensure data integrity and authenticity. By integrating Alattar’s Difference Expansion with ITI-DWT, our approach enhances embedding capacity while maintaining reversibility. Furthermore, hybrid techniques, including Chaotic XOR encryption, error-correcting coding, and coefficient permutation, are employed to bolster security. Experimental evaluations on benchmark grayscale images demonstrate 100% recovery under no-attack conditions and balanced performance under various attacks, achieving a low Bit Error Rate (BER) of approximately 48–50%. This framework presents a significant advancement in securing IoT-driven multimedia content.