Chaudhry, Shehzad AshrafNebhen, JamelIrshad, AzeemBashir, Ali KashifKharel, RupakYu, KepingZikria, Yousaf Bin2024-09-112024-09-1120212471-2825https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOMSTD.0001.2100006https://hdl.handle.net/11363/8524The internet of Drones (IoD) can encompass many essential services, including surveillance and emergency/rescue operations. While IoD is becomin popular and experiencing a rapid usage increase, privacy and security are the main concerns to avoid leakage of critical information and/or denial of services by a single drone or a whole IoD network. In addition to traditional privacy cum security issues, the physical capture of a single drone can severely impact the entire IoD network. This article provides an overview of the security challenges and requirements for IoD environments in addition to a discussion related to IoD communication/security standards. More-over, this article proposes a novel scheme for securing IoD specifically, from physical drone capturing and related attacks. © 2017 IEEE.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDenial-of-service attack; Emergency services; Network security; Authentication scheme; Communications security; Denial of Service; Emergency rescue; Essential services; Privacy and security; Rescue operations; Security challenges and requirements; Security issues; Security standards; DronesArticle54626710.1109/MCOMSTD.0001.21000062-s2.0-85124145715Q1