Task: How to implement a Security Manager for a UAV with Active Directory

Question

Hello, I’ve gotten my first task from my new manager. I’m suppose to implement a Security Manager..

Questions: Based on the description of the product in this article, does anyone have examples of work other people have implemented? What problems did they encounter?

Details:

In the "past" my product involved a truck with two people operating the system with a radio dish on the top. They communicated and controlled a UAV.

The new capability does away with the expensive truck in favor of 3 cases with a total dimension of about 4’X3'X1’.

Anyway, my first task also involves a GUI terminal on the ground. A human first logs into a laptop which connects to the SCI (the Scalable Control Interface) which involves the mentioned three cases with 3 blade servers, power strip, H/W switch, etc. inside the cases. All communication has to be encrypted. To log in, Active Directory is utilized.

Sockets, API can be used etc.

So, that’s all the information that I have about my first task. What are my options on implementing this? Do you have example code to do this?

The new product has to use many standards such as FACE and STANAG 4586. STANAG to talk directly to the UAV and Face to communicate with the hardware terminal on the ground. There are tons of other standards that have to followed such at DO-178c MIL-STD 822, …

I apologize if I’ve posted a typographical error somewhere in this post.

Thank you,
Mike