Comparative Analysis of CryptoGAN: Evaluating Quality Metrics and Security in GAN-based Image Encryption

Ranjith Bhat, Raghu Nanjundegowda

Abstract


Balancing security with image quality is a critical challenge in image encryption, particularly for applications like medical imaging that require high visual fidelity. Traditional encryption methods often fail to preserve image integrity and are vulnerable to advanced attacks. This paper introduces CryptoGAN, a novel GAN-based model designed for image encryption. CryptoGAN employs an architecture to effectively encrypt a dataset of 2000 butterfly images with a resolution of 256x256 pixels, integrating Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) with symmetric key encryption. Using a U-Net Generator and a PatchGAN Discriminator, CryptoGAN optimizes for key metrics including Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), entropy, and correlation measures. CryptoGAN's performance is comprehensively compared against state-of-the-art models such as Cycle GAN-based Image Steganography, EncryptGAN, and DeepEDN. Our evaluation, based on metrics like SSIM, entropy, and PSNR, demonstrates CryptoGAN's superior ability to enhance encryption robustness while maintaining high image quality. Extensive experimental results confirm that CryptoGAN effectively balances security and visual fidelity, making it a promising solution for secure image transmission and storage. This study is supported by a literature survey and detailed analysis of the model architecture, underscoring CryptoGAN's significant contributions to the field of image encryption.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI); Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN); GAN-based Encryption; Image Encryption; Deep Neural Networks (DNN).

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