Note: hands-on projects are in italics
1. Communications and Network Security
- “Anonycaster: Deterministically-Anonymous Group Communication,” Christopher C. D. Head
- “Techniques to Guarantee Secure Information Flow – A Survey” Anna Thomas
- “A Survey of Machine Learning Based Packet Classification,” Yu Liu
- “802.11w Security: DoS Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Controls” Ben Bertka
2. Smart Home & Grid Security
- “A Survey of Smart House Security” Jaques Clapauch
- “Model-based intrusion detection for home area networks in smart grid” Paria Jokar
- “Security and Privacy of Smart Meters” Farid Molazem
- “A tailored authentication and key management for smart grid” Hasen Nicanfar
3. Usable security
- “Text Password Survey: Transition from First Generation to Second Generation,” Gayathiri Charathsandran
- “Survey: Social Navigation as a way to improve decision-making process and reduce security risks” Orkhan Muradov
- “Understanding Users’ Perception Toward Sharing Personal Health Information,” Sadegh Torabi
- “A survey of access control technologies and practices in organizational environment,” Pooya Jaferian
4. Web Security
- “Evaluation of Automated Securing Web Applications: A Survey,” Rajeeb Saha
- “Approaches to detect SQL injection and XSS in web applications” Abhishek Kumar Baranwal
- “An Analysis of Web Single Sign-On” Shane Wang
- “Simple But Not Secure: An Empirical Security Analysis of OAuth 2.0-Based Single Sign-On Systems,” San-Tsai Sun
5. Cloud and OSN Security
- “Survey Paper on Security and Privacy Issues in Cloud Storage” Anup Mathew
- “(A Survey of) Data Privacy and Security in Cloud Computing” Alexandru Totolici
- “A Quick Survey of Social Network-based Sybil Defenses,” Yazan Boshmaf
6. (In)security on Large Scale
- “Firewall Policies Management: A Survey Paper,” Hootan Rashtian
- “Survey of Malware Distribution Networks“, Jana Behfarshad
- “Towards Scalable Security: On the Scalability of Security in Large-Scale Software Systems,” Michael A. Enescu
7. Mobile Security
- “Mobile Malware Evolution, Detection and Defense,” Srikanth Ramu
- “Detection & Prevention of DDoS in Wireless Network Sensors” Arshdeep Singh Saini
- “Survey: Data Protection in Smartphones Against Physical Threats,” Ildar Muslukhov