COMP SCI 7420OL - Research Methods for Cyber Security

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.