Diffusion-Substitution Mechanism for Color Image Encryption Based on Multiple Chaotic Systems

Abstract

In this paper, a new color image encryption mechanism based on multiple chaotic systems is proposed. In the proposal, two modules are achieved by mixing the features of horizontally and vertically adjacent pixels with the help of adopted multiple chaotic systems, respectively. Then, substitution/confusion is accomplished by generating an intermediate chaotic key stream image based on the adopted chaotic maps. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme is able to manage the trade-offs between the speed performance and security requirements.