Back to top 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, along with 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 In this assessment, you are required to provide a complete report of your research project, that you chose in Assessment 3 (Research Project Abstract) by discussing the following aspects: Overview of the technology involved Relevant technologies and applications of those technologies Highlighting the challenges/problems in your chosen research area Identification of any gaps in the literature by: discussing areas/issues that you believe have been addressed in the current literature; highlighting areas/issues that have not been addressed or adequately addressed; and discussing your view(s) on the issue(s) that you see as being critical. Summarize the future research directions based on the identified gaps To accomplish the above, you are expected to read and critically evaluate recent research in your selected research area by citing a minimum of 5 research articles. Students are encouraged to access such research articles from well known and reputed research portals such as IEEE, ACM, Springer, Wiley etc. Please note Wikipedia and general blogs will not be considered as reputable citations. Presentation back to top The final submission must be in MS Word format.Care must be taken to avoid direct quotes from sources. No marks will be awarded for any answer containing more than 10% direct quotes (referenced or un referenced). APA reference style must be used throughout the document with the bibliography at the end of the document. In-text citations should also follow APA style. APA referencing guide can be accessed via the following link. This also forms a part of the marking rubric.

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