Research Contents:
Research proposal:
Topic:
How to obtain the Best Cyber Security Measures for SME’s (Small Business Enterprise) to guard against Cyber Attacks in the Digital Economy: Aligned with NCSC (National Cyber Security Center) 10 – Steps – to Cyber security Framework?
The proposal should include:
Key terms:
Aim
Produce a summary of what your project will achieve in one or two sentences, ideally construct a research question.
Background, Motivation and Relevance – literature review
Set out and justify, using supporting literature, where your work will fit in the computing body of knowledge.
Outline and critically discuss what relevant research has been undertaken, in the past, in your area of interest and why this project is necessary.
Outline and critically discuss why the research will be of value, in the future, and what the anticipated impact of the outcomes will be.
Outline why you want to undertake this work, some areas to consider are, personal motivation, skills set and career choices.
Scope, Objectives and Risk
Outline and justify the scope of your project – what you intend to do, what you will not include but might be expected by others to be incorporated.
Outline numbered steps (SMART Objectives) you will have to complete in order to achieve the aims. After each objective outline the deliverable or outcome that will be produced. Outline how you will assess and or measure the quality for that objective. Outline what research method/design you will adopt for each objective and how each method will support one another.
Produce a task list for all objectives, that defines, task, deliverable, resources (all types) required, skills required, time required.
Produce a risk log (see example on your Blackboard Assessment tab) for you project.
Sources and use of Knowledge
Identify and justify a journal where your work would be relevant for publication.
Identify aspects of the standards for publication in the target journal that you can incorporate into your project proposal, so for example the referencing system, font style and pitch etc.
Identify, justify and critically discuss any authors, journals where previous relevant research has been published within the last 5 years. There is no fix number, it is your judgement to scope this listing.
Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues
Write out a section that discusses, explores and defines all of the ethical, legal, social and professional issues associated with your project, including how you will consider security issues. If you think an area of this section is not applicable to your project, you should justify why this is the case.
