Internet of Drones (IoD): Threats, Vulnerability, and Security Perspectives

Abstract

The development of the Internet of Drones (IoD) becomes vital because of a proliferation of dronebased
civilian or military applications. The IoD based technological revolution upgrades the current
Internet environment into a more pervasive and ubiquitous world. IoD is capable of enhancing the
state-of-the-art for drones while leveraging services from the existing cellular networks. Irrespective
to a vast domain and range of applications, IoD is vulnerable to malicious attacks over open-air radio
space. Due to increasing threats and attacks, there has been a lot of attention on deploying security
measures for IoD networks. In this paper, critical threats and vulnerabilities of IoD are presented.
Moreover, taxonomy is created to classify attacks based on the threats and vulnerabilities associated
with the networking of drone and their incorporation in the existing cellular setups. In addition, this
article summarizes the challenges and research directions to be followed for the security of IoD.