FST Graduate Research Topic

Research Topic: Techniques and tools for intrusion detection on enterprise computer networks
Suggested By: Harris Wang
Last Update: April 28th, 2025

This research project is to study and develop techniques and tools for intrusion detection on enterprise computer networks. It  is expected to be a comprehensive endeavor that involves understanding current threats, analyzing existing solutions, and developing new methods to enhance network security.  This can be taken as an essay topic, or be extended to be a 9-credit project. As an essay, you will be required to do a comprehensive survey of techniques and tools currently available for enterprises to use in intrusion detection on their computer networks. your focus should be on those widely used, available as open source tools, and those published in well-known journals. To take it as a 9-credit project, you will be further required to develop a system to automate the task of intrusion detection on enterprise computer networks.