Cryptographic switching functions for multiplicative watermarking in cyber-physical systems

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel switching function for multiplicative watermarking systems. The switching function is based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. The resulting function allows for both watermarking generator and remover to define appropriate system parameters, sharing only limited information, namely a private key. We prove that the resulting watermarking parameters lead to a stable watermarking scheme.