David and Goliath: Asymmetric Advantage in MIoT

Gabriele Oligeri*, Savio Sciancalepore, Alireza Sadighian*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Modern battlefields are experiencing an increased dependency on smart devices that can sense, process, and communicate data, also known as the Military Internet of Things (MIoT) architecture. While MIoT supports and enhances situation awareness, it opens up new cyber attacks that, when properly designed and deployed, can affect the safety of military operators.In this work, we discuss the trade-off between two opposite phenomena caused by the massive deployment of MIoT in modern battlefields: situational awareness and asymmetric advantage. We highlight how a resource-constrained adversary can resort to simple and effective tactics to deploy cyber attacks that can have either short-term effects or be detrimental to strategic military objectives.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 6th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2023
EditorsFaissal El Bouanani, Fouad Ayoub
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350329391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event6th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2023 - Hybrid, Rabat, Morocco
Duration: 11 Dec 202313 Dec 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - 6th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2023

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2023
Country/TerritoryMorocco
CityHybrid, Rabat
Period11/12/2313/12/23

Keywords

  • Asymmetric Advantage
  • CyberWarfare
  • Military Internet of Things (MIoT)
  • Situational Awareness

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