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An Overview of Security of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS): A Survey of Existing Work

January 26, 2023
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This white paper is a high-level survey of cybersecurity for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). It examines security evaluations and threat taxonomies for the UAS, as gathered from published guidelines, best practices, research literature, and existing surveys. The aim of this paper is to clarify the UAS threat space in order to inform the selection of security measures for the design and deployments of UAS.

The scope of this paper is cybersecurity aspects, including physical security, and privacy issues for Uncrewed Aircraft (UAs) and their associated components— including communication links and traffic management.

Read “An Overview of Security of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)” paper.