JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CS 3

JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CS 361 COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY
Semester 452
Research project
PART I – Researching:
In a group of three students, you are asked to select a topic in the field of Cybersecurity. Read
thoroughly in the selected topic and summarize your understanding and findings in a research
report. You should read and summarize at least 9 published papers in the topic you selected
and those papers should be published within the recent five years (2019 – 2024).
The report should be written in your own words and grammatically corrected. Neither copying
from the papers you read, nor using AI bots’ is allowed, and this may result in losing the report
marks totally.
Here are some suggested titles for your research:
 Security Systems in Industrial Organizations.
 DDoS attacks, trends and measures.
 VPNs, threats and vulnerabilities.
 Flooding attacks, trends and measures.
 Cloud computing systems flooding attacks.
 IDS intelligent designs.
 Honeypots threats and challenges.
 Intrusion detection: issues and challenges.
 Security and privacy on blockchain?
 IoT security risks and challenges.
 The Internet, protocols, threats, privacy.
 Cryptography for Big data.
 Firewalls, IPS, and IDS.
 Security issues in DMZ Networks.
 Security threats in Internet protocols.
 Risk management in Economic networks.
 AI in Cybersecurity.
 AI in Social Engineering.
 Reverse Engineering, threads and trends.
 Security in airplane systems.
 Privacy in E-Commerce.
Report criteria:
 Four (4) pages excluding the cover page and the references.
 Font type: Times New Roman.
 Font Size: 12 pt.
 Line space: 1.0 pt.
 Spacing before paragraph: 0 pt.
 Spacing after paragraph: 6.0 pt.
 Margins: Normal.
 One cover page including students’ names and IDs.
 One page for the references and add all the citations in IEEE format.
 The report should include the following parts:
o Introduction.
o Body of the report (findings, discussion, and recommendations).
o Conclusion.
 Add page numbering for your report.
Submission:
 On the blackboard.
 Week#13.
 Wednesday.
 01 May, 2024.
 before 03:00 PM.
 Students will get zero mark in the case of plagiarism.
 10% of the total mark will be deducted for each day of late submission.
PART II- Presentation:
Students are asked to make the presentation during week#14. Therefore, by Sunday 05 May,
2024, before 03:00 PM, students should submit a poster in the blackboard. The poster need to
be printed and used in the presentation day announced later.
Poster criteria:
 Infographic poster, showing the main points in the report (findings, discussion, and
recommendations).
 Size A1.
 Colored or Black/white.
Note: The following web sites may help you in the poster designing:
www.Canva.com
www.Adobe.com
www.Venngage.com
www.piktochart.com
Presentation criteria:
 Both students of the group should participate in the presentation and speak up.
 The student should use the academic and formal language in speaking and she
should consider the educational level of the audience.
 The student should show the willingness to explain more and answer all raised
questions.
 Formal outfit is very important as well as the voice tune.
 As the presentation will be held in the MPH, the speech should not take more than 5
minutes, and 2 minutes to answer the questions of the audience (if any).
PART III – Rubric:
Research report + Poster
Report body 4
References 1
Total 10
Research Presentation
Answering all the 2
questions
Total 5
Mark
Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
…………. ……………… ………………
Introduction
1
Conclusion
1
Poster
3
Mark Student 1 Student 2
…………. ………………
Student 3
………………
Well presenting the
work
2
Clearance/ Voice tune/
Confidence
1