I currently have several open master thesis topics that have not yet been reserved.
- A TPM-Supported Trusted Path for a Smart Card – The goal of the proposed project is to combine several existing ideas and prototypes into an innovative solution to extend the trusted computing base from a smart card to peripheral devices. Read more …
Accountability File Systyem – The goal of the proposed project is to develop a file system that logs accesses based on process identity. Read more …- Feasibility and Case Study of Privacy Points – The goal of the proposed project is to evaluate and implement a prototype of the privacy points metric as proposed by Langweg/Rajbhandari to find out whether the approach could work in practice. Read more …
- Forensic Readiness of Transactional Memory Systems – The goal of the proposed project is to investigate how adding logging mechanisms to transactional memory systems would support forensic investigations. Read more …
- OOXML Forensic Analysis Tool – The goal of the proposed project is to develop a tool that supports a forensic analyst in exploring OOXML documents (docx, xlsx, pptx). Read more …
- Applicability of MAEC to Mobile Malware Characterisation – The goal of the proposed project is to evaluate the applicability of MAEC to mobile malware characterisation and to develop amendments to the MAEC language. Read more …
Most of the topics are suitable for both technical and digital forensics track candidates, while the privacy points topic is more likely to end up in the management track.
You enjoy working with me if you are able to think independently and consider a master thesis project to have a workload of ca. 900 hrs. You can find out more about the topics in the attached document.
If you are interested in working on one of these topics with me, get in touch.