Enhancing UAV Data Security Using Lightweight Cryptography Module

S. Baliński, P. Śniatała, M. Sobieraj (Poznan Univ. of Techn., Poland), J. Xie (San Diego State Univ., USA)

The article presents an implementation of the lightweight cryptography module dedicated to secure Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or IoT data transmission and/or storage. The ASCON algorithm was implemented on the ESP32 microcontroller platform. The system is built on the ESP32 module integrated with the camera and is ready for installation on the UAV platform.