Assessment item 3
Research project (Abstract)
Value: 5%
Due date: 17-Apr-2018
Return date: -
Length: XXXXXXXXXXwords
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Task
In this assessment task you are required to select a topic for your research project from the list of research areas/topics provided below:
• Biometrics for authentication: security and privacy implications
• Security and privacy issues in Internet of Things (IoT) /Smart Architectures
• Security threats in cloud computing and preventive methods
• Security issues in Software Defined Networks (SDN)
• Denial of service and distributed denial of service attacks
• Investigating security of Blockchain enabled applications
• Malware: past, present and future
• Employee privacy and email, WWW, and instant messaging
• Wireless Network security and preventive techniques
• Security threats related to BYOD devices and countermeasures
• Cryptographic techniques
• Data Exfiltration techniques
In this assessment, you are required to submit the title and an abstract for your selected research project. The abstract will provide an overview of your selected topic, alongwith key securtiy challenges in that area and why you have selected this to be your area of research. At the end of the submission, you should have “Reference” section that will have a maximum of two articles (at least one journal article) used to build your discussion for this abstract.