Securely Controllable and Trustworthy Remote Erasure on Embedded Computing System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) plays an increasingly core role in modern warfare since powerfulbut tiny embedded computing system is actively applied in military field. Confidential data, suchas military secrets, may be stored inside military devices such as UAVs, which can cause an exorbitantdamage to the national security if the devices are kidnapped or lost. Therefore, a securelycontrollable and trustworthy erasure technique for military devices has been considered as a coretechnology. In this paper, we devise a securely controllable and trustworthy scheme for satisfyingthe reliable remote data erasure technology. The scheme allows the user to remotely erase data storedin the UAV even on loss of communication and returns proof of erasure to user after erasure.