Security Architecture in the SILVANUS project

SILVANUS is a new EU-funded project whose main objectives are to address the causes of wildfires in Europe. To achieve this aim, a dedicated platform for environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient forest management has been developed with the help of many state-of-the-art, modern technologies. One of the major challenges to solve when building such a heterogeneous, multi-component, multipurpose platform is to provide the necessary se-curity architecture. It should ensure that only trusted users and devices (e.g., sensors, drones, UGVs, etc.) would be allowed to use it, and attackers or other third parties would not jeopardize its communication and assets. In this paper, we outline the main design principles, solutions, and mechanisms we have considered when building the security architecture for the SILVANUS platform. Moreover, we present the current state of development of this platform and the main challenges we have been facing.