Research Project Ideas
Purpose
To help students develop and showcase their
skills, they are invited to perform
research projects this summer. There is no
pay, but it can be used for extra credit
in classes.
Non-Technical
- Bug bounty programs
- Case history of vulnerability disclosure
- Privacy
- Cyberstalking
- Laws and government regulations
- Review of security journalism
Technical
- Demonstrate hacking a deliberately vulnerable Web site or mobile app or API
- Make a new deliberately vulnerable Web site or mobile app or API
- Demonstrate a solution to a CTF problem
- Perform a survey of vulnerabilities in public apps/websites
- Demonstrate a source code scan for vulnerabilities
- Scan open-source projects to find vulnerabilities
Presenting Results
- A four-minute lightning talk on our podcast
- A Web page
- A presentation to submit to a conference like Pacific Hackers
Contact
If you are interested, contact us on Twitter:
- Sam Bowne: @sambowne
- Irvin Lemus: @infosecirvin
- Elizabeth Biddlecome @djhardb