The following are some possible topics for your CS361C project. You'll write a paper on the topic of your choosing. The topics below are simply suggestions. You are encouraged to define your own topic or to revise one of these. However, your topic must deal with a substantive issue in information assurance and security and must be approved by Dr. Young. You will be submitting a report on the topic and preparing a "poster presentation" or video on your topic.

If you are feeling somewhat ambitious, Prof. Shmatikov often posts lists of topics for projects for his security classes. You might look there for additional ideas: Prof. Shmatikov's courses.

1. The politics of surveillance
2. The ethics of hacking
3. Whistleblowing vs. leaking
4. Julian Assange and Wikileaks
5. Anonymous Hacker Group
6. Bit Torrent and similar service
7. Onion Routing and Tor
8. Insider threats
9. Social media as an intelligence tool
10. Does the gov't have the right to spy on you
11. The NSA and the Constitution
12. Cyberespionage
13. Cyberwarfare techniques
14. Cyberwarfare and the laws of war
15. Internet censorship
16. Titan Rain or similar attacks
17. Single Sign-On technologies
18. Stuxnet and related attacks
19. U.S. Cyber Command and gov't sponsored hacking
20. Terrorism and social media
21. The Internet as a tool of social transformation
22. On-line anonymity: Is it possible
23. Protecting privacy on-line
24. Pirate Bay and similar sites
25. Work of the Electronic Freedom Foundation
26. Offensive cyber weapons
27. Militarization of American society
28. Cyber technology as a tool in asymmetric conflict
29. Others will be added as I think of them.