Fortressing Pixels

Subhrajyoti Deb is an academic and researcher in cryptography, multimedia security, and IoT, currently serving as an assistant professor at IIIT Bhopal. He earned his PhD from NEHU Shillong and completed postdoctoral work at ISI Kolkata. A Visvesvaraya PhD Fellow, he has published 20 SCI-indexed papers, authored two books, and holds two patents. His research emphasizes lightweight encryption and secure systems. He has collaborated internationally, mentored many scholars, and actively reviews for top-tier journals.Adnan Abdul-Aziz Gutub is a full professor in the Computer Engineering Department at the College of Computers and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah, Saudi Arabia. where he specializes in information and computer security. His main research interests involve optimizing, modeling, simulating, and synthesizing of VLSI hardware for crypto and security computer arithmetic operations. He is working on designing efficient integrated circuits for the Montgomery inverse computation in different finite fields.Aditya Kumar Sahu is associated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University-AP, India. He is working in the research areas of multimedia forensics, digital image watermarking, image tamper detection and localization, image steganography, reversible data hiding, and convolution neural-network-based data hiding. He has authored 50+ publications. He is an associate editor or editorial board member for various journals in his field.

• Chapter 1: A Perceptual Image Hashing using a CSLBP-Based MethodChapter 2: ECG Signal Protection Using Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform-Based Data HidingChapter 3: A Blind Watermarking Framework for Authentication of Digital ImagesChapter 4: Exploring Technological Trend and Collaboration Analysis in Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted ImagesChapter 5: Blockchain Architecture, Consensus Mechanisms, and It's Applications in WatermarkingChapter 6: Cloud based Analysis with Quantum Cryptography-Based Cloud Security Model (QC-CSM) for Enhanced Data Security in Storage and AccessChapter 7: An Improved Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Security Aware Virtual Network Embedding AlgorithmChapter 8: Demystifying IoT, Cloud & Blockchain for Multimedia Security - A Scientific StudyChapter 9: Bibliometric Analysis and Research Trends in Image Encryption: Securing Sensitive Visual Content (2020-2024)Chapter 10: Privacy Protection of Medical Data Using NTRU based Post Quantum CryptographyChapter 11: Advances in Image Steganography: A Survey of Methods, Metrics, and Emerging Trends across DomainsChapter 12: Video Tampering Detection: Deep Learning Techniques for Temporal and Motion Artifacts