A color image encryption algorithm based on an improved Hénon map

Abstract Chaos is widely used in secure communication and cryptography due to its randomness, unpredictability, non-periodicity and high sensitivity to initial values and parameters. However, there are many risks in some existing chaotic image encryption algorithms because they use the the chaotic map without complex dynamic characteristics. To overcome these weaknesses, in this paper introduced an improved Hénon map, and the dynamic analysis results show that the improved Hénon map has more rich chaotic behaviors and better complexity. In addition, we designed a color image encryption scheme using the improved Hénon sequences. For this encryption algorithm, color image is divided into R, G, B primary colors, then R, G, B primary colors are scrambled and diffused by the improved Hénon sequences. The simulation results illustrate that color image encryption algorithm security is advanced by usingimproved Hénon map.