Seminars in Cybersecurity

Objectives

  • Understand what a research proposal involves, the development of research work and the expected contribution.
  • Develop a critical spirit about scientific work.
  • Apply methodologies associated with research practice, including research and organization of bibliography appropriate to a research topic, selection of samples, etc.
  • Apply tools to support research work.
  • Communicate about research topics, including the formulation of hypotheses and questions.
  • Analyse contributions from literature and case studies.
  • Write a literature review paper, making use of acquired knowledge.
  • Reflect on the skills needed for academic and/or business careers.
  • Understand additional topics related to cybersecurity, not covered in depth in the study plan.

Program

  • Research Methods
  • Good practices for dissertation writing and support tools
  • Complementary cybersecurity topics
  • Applied cybersecurity: case studies
  • Careers and certifications in Cybersecurity

Bibliography

  • U.M.Mbanaso, L. Abrahams, K. C. Okafor. Research Techniques for Computer Science, Information Systems and Cybersecurity. 1st edition, Springer, 2023.
  • A. Lee. Successful Research Projects: A Guide for Postgraduates. 1st edition, Routledge, 2019.
  • T. Edgar, D. Manz. Research Methods for Cyber Security. 1st edition, Elsevier, 2017.
  • L.D. Bloomberg, M. Volpe. Completing your qualitative dissertation: a road map from beginning to end. 3rd edition, Sage, 2016.

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