Real-time and encryption efficiency improvements of simultaneous fusion, compression and encryption method based on chaotic generators

•An enhancement of the optical simultaneous fusion, compression and encryption (SFCE) (in terms of real-time requirements, bandwidth occupation and encryption performances).•A novel chaos-based encryption algorithm to achieve the confusion and diffusion effects.•An adaptation of Henon map (In the confusion phase).•An adaptation of the Skew Tent map to generate another random matrix in order to carry out pixel scrambling.•An adaptation of a classical diffusion process scheme is employed to strengthen security of the cryptosystem against statistical, differential, and chosen plaintext attacks. In this paper, enhancement of an existing optical simultaneous fusion, compression and encryption (SFCE) scheme in terms of real-time requirements, bandwidth occupation and encryption robustness is proposed. We have used and approximate form of the DCT to decrease the computational resources. Then, a novel chaos-based encryption algorithm is introduced in order to achieve the confusion and diffusion effects. In the confusion phase, Henon map is used for row and column permutations, where the initial condition is related to the original image. Furthermore, the Skew Tent map is employed to generate another random matrix in order to carry out pixel scrambling. Finally, an adaptation of a classical diffusion process scheme is employed to strengthen security of the cryptosystem against statistical, differential, and chosen plaintext attacks. Analyses of key space, histogram, adjacent pixel correlation, sensitivity, and encryption speed of the encryption scheme are provided, and favorably compared to those of the existing crypto-compression system. The proposed method has been found to be digital/optical implementation-friendly which facilitates the integration of the crypto-compression system on a very broad range of scenarios.