Authors:
Ali Davanian
1
;
Fabio Massacci
2
and
Luca Allodi
3
Affiliations:
1
Redsocks Security, Netherlands
;
2
University of Trento, Italy
;
3
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Keyword(s):
Micro Air Vehicle Communication Protocol (MAVLink) Security, Drone Takeover, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Security, Moving Target Defense (MTD), Software Diversity.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Security and Privacy
Abstract:
Drones are the new targets for hackers. On one hand, their widespread use and security weakness have made them very attractive for the attackers. On the other hand, there are a few security solutions for drones. Out of these few, some are just proposals, and fewer are in the early stage of development. We first assess the requirements of a security solution for drones and then analyse the effect of traditional cryptographic solutions on the drone’s traffic volume and energy consumption. With recourse to Moving Target Defence, we propose a novel instruction diversity solution for drone security that is portable, and has zero overhead.