Security Threats Analysis of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System

TY - GEN

T1 - Security Threats Analysis of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System

AU - Jacobsen, Rune Hylsberg

AU - Marandi, Sayed Ali

N1 - Conference code: ISSN: 2155-7578

PY - 2021/11/30

Y1 - 2021/11/30

N2 - Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) find increasing use in the civil airspace where multi-UAV systems are deployed to perform operations supervised by remote control facilities. Since these multi-UAV systems operate in public locations and connect using open communication standards, it raises significant security concerns. While most UAV designers befittingly deal with the complexity of autonomy, communication, and control, they often ignore to consider system security aspects in the early design phase. To support the security design process of multi-UAV systems, this paper provides an analysis of cybersecurity threats of multi-UAV systems based on the STRIDE model. The identified threats are subsequently linked with a risk assessment to be prioritized according to severity. We conclude by establishing a set of security design recommendations for connected inspection UAVs to contribute with guidance for the design of future multi-UAV systems.

AB - Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) find increasing use in the civil airspace where multi-UAV systems are deployed to perform operations supervised by remote control facilities. Since these multi-UAV systems operate in public locations and connect using open communication standards, it raises significant security concerns. While most UAV designers befittingly deal with the complexity of autonomy, communication, and control, they often ignore to consider system security aspects in the early design phase. To support the security design process of multi-UAV systems, this paper provides an analysis of cybersecurity threats of multi-UAV systems based on the STRIDE model. The identified threats are subsequently linked with a risk assessment to be prioritized according to severity. We conclude by establishing a set of security design recommendations for connected inspection UAVs to contribute with guidance for the design of future multi-UAV systems.

KW - Drone

KW - Risk assessment

KW - Security management

KW - Threat model

KW - Unmanned aerial vehicle

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85124144983

U2 - 10.1109/MILCOM52596.2021.9652900

DO - 10.1109/MILCOM52596.2021.9652900

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 978-1-6654-3972-

SP - 316

EP - 322

BT - MILCOM 2021 - 2021 IEEE Military Communications Conference

T2 - IEEE Military Communications Conference 2021

Y2 - 29 November 2021 through 2 December 2021

ER -