Cybersecurity of the Internet of Drones: Vulnerabilities analysis and IMECA based assessment

The tasks and problems of monitoring the state of critical infrastructures (CI) by means of groups of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are considered. The advantages and limitations of using the fleet of drones are revealed. Network and cloud technologies for organization and management of Multi-UAV systems are analyzed. Cloud services for forming a new architecture — Internet of Drones (IoD) are allocated. Probable network cyber vulnerabilities of IoD during monitoring CI are categorized. IoD network cybersecurity analysis (estimation) was performed using Intrusion Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (IMECA technique).