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<sec><h3>Context</h3>
<p>With the rapid advancement of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, ensuring these autonomous systems’ security and integrity is paramount. UAVs are susceptible to cyberattacks, including unauthorized access, control, or manipulation of their systems, leading to potential safety risks or unauthorized data retrieval. Moreover, UAVs encounter limited computing resources, wireless communication and physical vulnerabilities, evolving threats and techniques, necessity for compliance with regulations, and human factors.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>This review explores the potential cyberthreats faced by UAVs, including hacking, spoofing, and data breaches, and highlights the critical need for robust security measures. It examines various strategies and techniques used to protect UAVs from cyberattacks, e.g., encryption, authentication, and intrusion detection systems using cyberthreat analysis and assessment algorithms. The approach to assess the UAVs’ cybersecurity hazards included STRIDE (a model for identifying computer security-related threats) connected with the threats considered.</p>
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<sec><h3>Findings</h3>
<p>Emphasis was laid on the evaluation highly depending on the accuracy of UAV mission definition, potential intruders, and social and other human-related situations. The review discovered that most studies focused on possible intruders’ portraits, which can be crucial when conducting a cybersecurity assessment. Based on a review, future research directions to mitigate cybersecurity risks are presented.</p>
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<sec><h3>Significance</h3>
<p>Protecting UAVs from cyberthreats ensures safe operations and data integrity and preserves public trust in autonomous systems.</p>
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Context
With the rapid advancement of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, ensuring these autonomous systems’ security and integrity is paramount. UAVs are susceptible to cyberattacks, including unauthorized access, control, or manipulation of their systems, leading to potential safety risks or unauthorized data retrieval. Moreover, UAVs encounter limited computing resources, wireless communication and physical vulnerabilities, evolving threats and techniques, necessity for compliance with regulations, and human factors.

Methods
This review explores the potential cyberthreats faced by UAVs, including hacking, spoofing, and data breaches, and highlights the critical need for robust security measures. It examines various strategies and techniques used to protect UAVs from cyberattacks, e.g., encryption, authentication, and intrusion detection systems using cyberthreat analysis and assessment algorithms. The approach to assess the UAVs’ cybersecurity hazards included STRIDE (a model for identifying computer security-related threats) connected with the threats considered.

Findings
Emphasis was laid on the evaluation highly depending on the accuracy of UAV mission definition, potential intruders, and social and other human-related situations. The review discovered that most studies focused on possible intruders’ portraits, which can be crucial when conducting a cybersecurity assessment. Based on a review, future research directions to mitigate cybersecurity risks are presented.

Significance
Protecting UAVs from cyberthreats ensures safe operations and data integrity and preserves public trust in autonomous systems.

Cybersecurity in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: a Review

Intelligent Connectivity, Research Laboratory

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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Context
With the rapid advancement of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, ensuring these autonomous systems’ security and integrity is paramount. UAVs...

Cybersecurity in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: a Review

Article Category: Article

Published Online: Oct 18, 2023

Page range: -

Received: May 20, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2023-0012

Keywords
Cybersecurity, cyberattacks, drones, industry, innovation and Infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, unmanned aerial vehicles

© 2023 Wasswa Shafik et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Cybersecurity in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: a Review

Article Category: Article

Published Online: Oct 18, 2023

Page range: -

Received: May 20, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2023-0012

KeywordsCybersecurity, cyberattacks, drones, industry, innovation and Infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, unmanned aerial vehicles

© 2023 Wasswa Shafik et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Cybersecurity, cyberattacks, drones, industry, innovation and Infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, unmanned aerial vehicles