ADS-B Encryption
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-8-2013
Abstract
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing an upgrade to air transportation that will fundamentally overhaul the current, aging system. A key component, the automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system, will enhance air traffic monitoring and control by requiring aircraft to continually broadcast position, identity and velocity via unencrypted data links to ground stations. Although ADS-B may enhance air traffic safety and support the increase in traffic demands, open broadcast of clear aircraft data points raise serious security concerns. The ability to encrypt ADS-B message transactions would afford protection to ensure that the confidentiality of aircraft data is not compromised. The implementation of an encryption framework for a large, distributed and dynamic system, however, is nontrivial. This paper examines encryption schemes and highlights challenges associated with implementing confidentiality security protections for the ADS-B environment.
Source Publication
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop on - CSIIRW '13
Recommended Citation
Finke, C., Butts, J. W., & Mills, R. F. (2013). ADS-B encryption. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop on - CSIIRW ’13, Article No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1145/2459976.2459986
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