CC7177 Cyber Crime and Cybersecurity.
Topic: Current and emerging online cyber-attacks, threats and criminal acts, including related digital crimes.
This technical report should be the culmination of good literature review, the analysis, and the applications, which are carried out in a topic area of interest.
The literature review is to use a good mix of sources: journals, industry white papers, research outputs of organisations (European Commission, Mitre Corporation, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Research Institute, EPSRC etc.), web resources that have provenance, and textbooks. Please have some IEEE journals from 2020 (recent and reliable).
The report should provide an abstract section at the beginning and conclusion at the end. The appropriate background is delivered as an introduction to the topic area of interest. It should then present an analysis over its technical content in-depth looking at relevant issues concerned and demonstrate your in-depth knowledge in the topic area of interest by practical work(s), such as a case study of a cybersecurity toolkit with its functionality, application, and the demonstration of its usage, etc.
A list of resources referenced should be produced in the Harvard reference format. Papers published in journals such as IEEE Security and Privacy` and Computers and Security` provide good guidance in terms of the paper content and structure.
The report should be 2000 words in length approximately for guidance (excluding appendices, references and bibliography). You will not be penalised if your report does not have exactly 2000 words. It is ok to be a little over, but not so good to be a lot under. It is preferable to be over than having a short report with not much data added. Add extra information to the appendices where appropriate and remember that quantity is not a sign of quality hence ensure all other specifications on this assignment are met.
This technical report should be based on one of the topics listed below, which link to one or more sections of the module syllabus.
1. Development, evolution and challenges of legislative context in cybercrimes
2. Current and emerging online cyber-attacks, threats and criminal acts, including related digital crimes
3. Cybersecurity technologies
4. Economic, legal, social, ethical and professional impact of cybercrime and cybersecurity within the national and global context
Current and emerging online cyber-attacks, threats and criminal acts, including related digital crimes.
Simple and easy with some related pictures and words not exceeding more than 2500.