A secure lightweight identity authentication and key agreement scheme for internet of drones

With the widespread application of drone technology in production and daily life, real-time remote data acquisition has become a common requirement. To secure data transmission, it is essential to implement authentication and key management between the drone and the user. To this end, we propose a lightweight authentication protocol that utilizes XOR operations and hash functions exclusively, which is particularly suitable for use between drone devices and users with limited resources. Using BAN logic analysis, we validate the protocol’s effectiveness. Additionally, we prove the security of the key management through the Real-Or-Random (ROR) model. Security analysis demonstrates that our scheme can resist multiple known attacks. Security analysis shows that our scheme can withstand multiple known attacks. Experimental results show that our scheme is more efficient than existing ones in computational cost, communication overhead, and energy consumption.