Commercial drones are everywhere nowadays. But increasingly, some of these off-the-shelf vehicles are being equipped with makeshift weaponry, allowing them to become destructive. We chat with a military expert who's been studying unmanned aerial vehicles extensively. We also look into...

• Building awareness surrounding drones
• How to incorporate threats from above into security plans
• Steps to follow, should you deploy drones for commercial or security purposes

GUEST: Paul Lushenko, US Army lieutenant colonel and PhD student in international relations at Cornell University in New York

For more information about samdesk, visit our website, follow us on Twitter or find us on LinkedIn.

Drone sound effect from SoundEffectsFactory, used under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.