Defining Role-Based Access Control for a Secure Platform of Unmanned Surface Vehicle fleets

USVs (Unmanned Surface Vehicles) are a type of teleoperated systems in water surfaces i.e., lakes, rivers and seas. USVs are deployed for different reasons as surveillance, save and rescue missions and environmental missions. USV software teleoperation is currently a research issue. Due to the importance of their missions and their associated risks, theses systems are considered as critical. Therefore, they must be protected and operated following a set of guidelines. Maritime commandment is a particularity of naval systems with a specific hierarchical organisation. USV teleoperation should adapt this commandment chain to USV specifications and their missions. In consequence, new software must take into account these two properties in its development: naval commandment chain and security. This paper introduces a novel set of roles for USV teleoperation. These roles are used for a RBAC (Role Based Access Control) method in order to secure the USV teleoperation software.