The HAMSTER Data Communication Architecture for Unmanned Aerial, Ground and Aquatic Systems

Pigatto, Daniel Fernando; Goncalves, Leandro; Roberto, Guilherme Freire; Filho, Julio Fernando Rodrigues; Silva, Natassya B. F.; Pinto, Alex Sandro Roschildt; Branco, Kalinka Regina Lucas Jaquie Castelo

doi:10.1007/s10846-016-0356-x

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“…In [12], the authors presented their HAMSTER (HeAlthy, Mobility and Security based data communication archiTEctuRe) solution for unmanned vehicles. However the paper rather describes a security framework and cryptographic schemes than secure channel protocols.…”

Section: Related Work On Security Concerns Of Uavs Fleetsmentioning

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A Secure and Trusted Channel Protocol for UAVs Fleets

Akram¹,

Markantonakis²,

Mayes³

et al. 2018

Information Security Theory and Practice

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Fleets of UAVs will be deployed in near future in reliability and safety critical applications (e.g. for smart cities). To satisfy the stringent level of criticality, each UAV in the fleet must trust the other UAVs with which it communicates to get assurance of the trustworthiness in information received and to be sure not to disclose information to an unauthorized party. In addition, to be protected against an attacker willing to eavesdrop and/or modify the exchanged data, the communication channel needs to be secured, i.e. it has to provide confidentiality and integrity of exchanges. The work presented here is based on our previous research which concluded that it is required that each UAV includes a Secure Element (which we called ARFSSD standing for Active Radio Frequency Smart Secure Device) to withstand an adversary with a high attack potential. In this paper, we propose a secure and trusted channel protocol that satisfies the stated security and operational requirements for a UAV-to-UAV communication protocol. This protocol supports three main objectives: 1) it provides the assurance that all communicating entities can trust each other and can trust their internal (secure) software and hardware states; 2) it establishes a fair key exchange process between all communicating entities so as to provide a secure channel; 3) it is efficient for both the initial start-up of the network and when resuming a session after a cold and/or warm restart of a UAV. The proposed protocol is formally verified using CasperFDR and AVISPA.

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Section: Related Work On Security Concerns Of Uavs Fleetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Secure and Trusted Channel Protocol for UAVs Fleets

Akram¹,

Markantonakis²,

Mayes³

et al. 2018

Information Security Theory and Practice

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“…In the HAMSTER (HeAlthy, Mobility and Security based data communication archiTEctuRe) solution for unmanned vehicles [39], the authors presented a security framework and cryptographic schemes without discussing specifically of secure channel protocols and issues of captured drones.…”

Section: Drones In Fleetmentioning

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Security, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones

Akram¹,

Markantonakis²,

Mayes³

et al. 2017

2017 IEEE/AIAA 36th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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Abstract-Interconnected everyday objects, either via public or private networks, are gradually becoming reality in modern life -often referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT) or Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). One stand-out example are those systems based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Fleets of such vehicles (drones) are prophesied to assume multiple roles from mundane to high-sensitive applications, such as prompt pizza or shopping deliveries to the home, or to deployment on battlefields for battlefield and combat missions. Drones, which we refer to as UAVs in this paper, can operate either individually (solo missions) or as part of a fleet (group missions), with and without constant connection with a base station. The base station acts as the command centre to manage the drones' activities; however, an independent, localised and effective fleet control is necessary, potentially based on swarm intelligence, for several reasons: 1) an increase in the number of drone fleets; 2) fleet size might reach tens of UAVs; 3) making time-critical decisions by such fleets in the wild; 4) potential communication congestion and latency; and 5) in some cases, working in challenging terrains that hinders or mandates limited communication with a control centre, e.g. operations spanning long period of times or military usage of fleets in enemy territory. This self-aware, mission-focused and independent fleet of drones may utilise swarm intelligence for a), air-traffic or flight control management, b) obstacle avoidance, c) self-preservation (while maintaining the mission criteria), d) autonomous collaboration with other fleets in the wild, and e) assuring the security, privacy and safety of physical (drones itself) and virtual (data, software) assets. In this paper, we investigate the challenges faced by fleet of drones and propose a potential course of action on how to overcome them.

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“…An important concern that needs careful attention is the process used for key management schemes for symmetric shared keys. 10 At present, pre-deployed keying mechanism is the most commonly used method for bootstrapping secret keys in e-voting systems, where the keys are loaded into PSs prior to deployment.…”

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Security, usability, and biometric authentication scheme for electronic voting using multiple keys

Ahmad

Rehman

Ayub

et al. 2020

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

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We propose electronic voting authentication scheme, which is a key management mechanism for electronic voting system intended to limit the number of attacks on a polling station and strengthen the security control. The motivation is to diversify security requirements of messages exchanged between polling stations. There are different types of messages exchanged between polling stations and each type of message has different security needs. A security mechanism developed on the basis of a single key is not enough to ensure the diverse security needs of voting network. In electronic voting authentication scheme, every polling station is responsible to support three different types of keys. These are global key, pairwise key, and individual key. The global keys are public keys shared with all polling stations in the voting network. The pairwise key can be used for communication with polling stations. Individual keys will be used for communication with the server. To ensure authentication of local broadcast, electronic voting authentication scheme uses one-way key chains in a well-organized way. The support of source authentication is a visible advantage of this scheme. We examine the authentication of electronic voting authentication scheme on numerous attack models. The measurement demonstrates that electronic voting authentication scheme is very operative in protecting against numerous elegant attacks such as wormhole attack, Sybil attack, and HELLO Flood attack. The proposed system is evaluated and the results demonstrate that the proposed system is practical and secure as compared to the direct recording electronic and manual systems.

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The HAMSTER Data Communication Architecture for Unmanned Aerial, Ground and Aquatic Systems

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

A Secure and Trusted Channel Protocol for UAVs Fleets

A Secure and Trusted Channel Protocol for UAVs Fleets

Security, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones

Security, usability, and biometric authentication scheme for electronic voting using multiple keys

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