IoDseC++: authenticated key exchange protocol for cloud-enable internet of drone communication

In recent times, sensor node or smart camera can be embedded in the drones for the collection of important data with the help of Internet Technology. Several security threats/vulnerabilities may hamper the system while collecting data. Hence, strong protection against security attacks is essential in drone based data collection system. In this work, we have considered a drone based cloud enable architecture for collecting and sharing information. The aim of this paper is to design a lightweight security protocol which will provide secure communication and mutual authentication among the entities. The proposed protocol establishes temporary session key for each session in order to make the complete system security attacks free. We have simulated the proposed protocol for measuring security strength using Scyther simulation whose results show all the claimed parameters are private during protocol run. It also ensures the correctness of mutual authentication. The informal analysis confirms strong protection on all security threats related to proposed architecture. The performance analysis has also made which shows that the protocol is lightweight and achieves better efficiency in comparison with related published works.