Improved Computational Diffie-Hellman-Based Mechanism for Cyber-Physical Security

Souhayla Dargaoui (), Abdeslem Blali (), Mourade Azrour (), Ahmad El Allaoui (), Fatima Amounas (), Azidine Guezzaz and Abdulatif Alabdulatif ()
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Souhayla Dargaoui: IMIA laboratory, MSIA Team, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes
Abdeslem Blali: IMIA laboratory, MSIA Team, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes
Mourade Azrour: IMIA laboratory, MSIA Team, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes
Ahmad El Allaoui: IMIA laboratory, MSIA Team, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes
Fatima Amounas: IMIA laboratory, MSIA Team, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes
Azidine Guezzaz: Cadi Ayyad University, SISAR Team, LaRTID Laboratory, Higher School of Technology Essaouira
Abdulatif Alabdulatif: Qassim University, Department of Computer Science, College of Computer

A chapter in Reliability in Cyber-Physical Systems: The Human Factor Perspective, 2026, pp 219-227 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Cyber-physical systems (CPS) generally refer to complex systems with multiple dimensions that combine computation and communication technologies with physical environment interactions. Such systems are widely accepted in smart agriculture, military applications, and other life scenarios. The Internet of drones as a CPS presents various security issues, vulnerabilities, and dangers for customers. Recently, we proposed a PUF-based semi-centralized authentication scheme for Drone-to-Drone communication to secure such networks. Our previous scheme has presented a significant improvement in computation and communication overheads. However, it can encounter difficulties in managing large networks with thousands of drones. In this paper, we provide an improved authentication scheme for peer-to-peer drone communication that mitigates scalability issues. Our protocol significantly improves computation cost, requiring only 0.172 ms while preserving security and scalability. It also necessitates an acceptable amount of communication overhead compared to similar protocols.

Keywords: Cybersecurity; Internet of drones; Authentication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-09917-4_14

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