Course overview
This course will prepare students for advanced research in cyber security that aligns with professional standards and the recent qualitative and quantitative research methods and techniques used in the cyber community. Research will include the use of reports and investigations on recent cyber attacks. Students will be introduced to the steps required for a research project such as, formulating a research question, evaluating threats to validity, literature review, collecting and analysing qualitative and quantitative data and how to present your research outcomes. The course will particularly focus on how to effectively evaluate published cyber security research and communicate research results to peers and colleagues in the cyber security community.
Course learning outcomes
- Analyse recent research methods and techniques used in the cyber security community to generate an effective research design.
- Develop a research design and method (qualitative and quantitative) that aligns with professional standards and addresses recent reports and investigations on cyber attacks for a cyber security research project.
- Formulate a valid research question using cyber security research methods and design techniques.
- Develop a cyber security research proposal for an organisation that suggests how to prevent cyber-attacks.
- Propose a solution to a cyber security research project using effective communication methods to disseminate the results to the cyber security community.
Availability
Class details
Online
Class number 12010
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 499
Class details
Online
Class number 64009
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 500
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