Abstract The exponential growth of digital information in the twenty first century necessitates secure handling, especially when dealing with sensitive visual data. Conventional encryption methods such as the Data Encryption Standard (DES), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) are prevalent but inefficient for image-related applications due to their limitations for resource-constrained devices. Most conventional schemes exhibit high pixel correlation, increased computational complexi…