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College of Engineering-Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

Computer Science & Engineering Programs

Computer Security (CMPS 385)

Research Assignment

Spring, 2021

Final mark: Due date:

Group assignment:

30 Thursday- 8 April, 2021

Three or four students maximum per group

x Each student group (3 or 4 students maximum) needs to submit one report.

x Each group nominates only one student to do the report submission.

x Provide your report with a cover page containing your name(s), student number(s), and e-mail(s).

x Submit the report file(s) as a “pdf” to blackboard by the due date shown above.

Assignment description

Introduction The objectives of this assignment are as follows:

1- To help students identify novel subjects related to computer security 2- To help students analyze the global impact of cyber attacks on organizations and

society.

Conduct your presentation on the assigned date by the instructor.

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Assignment requirements You are requested to write a short report of at least 6 pages double column in the IEEE Comsoc conference manuscript format. The topics for the assignment can be chosen from the following. The students can also come up with suggestions. The topic suggested must have a research focus. ossible topics include ightweight cryptography for IoT security Identity ased Cryptography lockchain ublic ey Infrastructure and Electronic ignatures

omomorphic Encryption arbled Computing ovel alware Analysis Techni ues Cryptojacking Cryptocurrency mining malware obile pyware achine earning based Intrusion etection Cloud ecurity omain ame ystem ecurity Insider Threat

etection. The report structure should follow the below structure.

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Introduction to the sec ri technology or system

iterature survey. Impact of this technology on sec ri organizations and Society

i. positive impact echn g rea iness, echn g e e p en

ii. negative impact ris s, a ac s an nera i i ies

� e ai e e p ana i n re ie e papers an he echn g c er a ac s n er research

i. pr s c ns he presen e appr aches in re ie e papers

ii. re research rac

� Conclusions (your Opinion)

Assessment Specification

x Your report should be formatted and documented properly.

x You may score A (merit) if you manage to provide outstanding discussions and results,

statistics, regarding all the above requirements. Furthermore, your report must be well

documented and formatted.

x The report will be subject to plagiarism checking. Any similarity over %25 will be graded

ZERO (0).

x You should include in the report your conclusions and discussions to highlight your opinion

regarding the technologies investigated and documented in your report. Also, to

demonstrate your opinion about the facts investigated and the results obtained.

x Material should be collected from at least 10 different “current” sources/references (i.e. not too old references, only in the last 3 years). Web pages are not counted.

x You may use articles, books, periodicals as sources of information. Copy paste of

figures is not allowed. Every used source should be indicated in the text of the report and

listed in the list of references. Use of web pages should be avoided.