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18/07/2025 - 09:41

Term Projects

These are the term projects from CSEC 589 Term Project course which is mandatory for the Non-thesis Master's program. In 2021, METU made it a must for students to upload their projects to OpenMETU. You can download the recent project files from there.

Term Project Guidelines are available here.

2025

  1. Eftun Türkşanlı. Cyber Threat Intelligence Utilization in Cyber Fusion Centers.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  2. Onur Özer. Runtime Security for Docker Containers.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  3. Müjdat Uysal. Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems : A Review of Turkish Republic EMRA Cybersecurity Maturity Model using NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  4. Ece Beren Genç. Advanced Persistent Threat Attacks and Conflict Relationship Analysis Using Social Network Analysis.
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Banu GUNEL KILIÇ
  5. Ayca Ekin Kayhan. Power Analysis Techniques: SPA, DPA, and CPA.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  6. Sait Göktuğ Doğan. A Survey on Password-free Authentication Method: Passkey.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  7. Bengi Günay. A Review of LLM Security: Threats and Mitigations.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  8. Okan Akgündüz. An API Security Guideline for Developers and Product Owners.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  9. Mehmet Semih Özcan. Investigation of Airworthiness in Terms of Safety and Security Integration from Cyber Security Perspective.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  10. Berkay Akçören. Security Assessment of the Smartcard Systems at Middle East Technical University.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  11. Jülide Nazlı Demirkol. Zero Trustv Architecture in Enterprise Networks with Socio-Technic Perspective.
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sevgi Özkan Yıldırım
  12. Murat Can Oruntak. A Comprehensive Survey On Password Storage Security.
    • Supervisor: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  13. Berk Baş. A Security Hardening Survey For Microsoft SQL Server Database Management System.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  14. Zeynel Abidin Avcı. The ML-Driven Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Audit System.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  15. Fatih Bayhan. Prompt Injection Attacks On Large Language Models: A Systematic Literature Review.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan

2024

  1. Sinan Aksoy. A Survey of Vulnerabilities in Cryptographic Protocols, APIs and Programming Libraries.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  2. Cem Erdivan. Process, Technology and Human Aspects of a Security Operation Center.
    • Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  3. Azra Melis Ertan. How Wide Can It Be: Attack Surface and Threats of Prompt Injection in LLMs.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  4. Mehtap Fidan. Zero-Knowledge Proofs: zk-SNARKs and Applications.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  5. Mustafa Uğur Özgen. Smart Contract Vulnerabilities.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  6. Olcay Özkaya. A Review of Cyber Security Maturity Assessment Models for OT Systems.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  7. Betül Ünver. Digital Signature Schemes: Post-quantum algorithms.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  8. Mert Kurutepe. Web Application Attacks and Prevention Methods.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  9. Arsalan Vahi. Using Deep Learning in detecting Network Attacks.
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nazife Baykal
  10. Zühal Baloğlu. GPS Spoofıng Attacks On Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS) and Detection Techniques.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan

2023

  1. Keremhan Kaya. Invariant Subspace Analysis of NIST Lightweight Cryptography Competition Finalists.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  2. Cansu Bozkurt. A Survey on Fully Homomorphic Encryption.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  3. Mustafa Bedirhan Koyuncu. Detection of Vulnerabilities in Web Pages and Internet Sources of Turkish Universities Using Google Dorks.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  4. Yağmur Şahin. Organizational Challenges in Implementing Privacy by Design Principles and How to Overcome Them.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  5. Gökhan Şahin. ATT&CK Threat Model Approach for Implementing Use Cases on SIEM Solutions.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  6. Barış Cem Bektaş. Vulnerability Detection on Solidity Smart Contracts by Using Convolutional Neural Networks.
    • Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  7. Serdar Gümüş. Integration of Cyber Effects into Military Operation and Cyberspace Targeting Cycle.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan

2022

  1. Deniz Görkem Dinç. A Survey of Storage Based Consensus Algorithms.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  2. Abdullah Demirel. Contextual Frequency Analysis Tool.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  3. Umut Ergin. A Survey of Anonimity in Cryptocurrencies.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  4. Hazal Kaya. Log Analysis and Visualization for DOS/DDOS Detection.
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nazife Baykal
  5. Gökay Yurdakul. A Survey of Proof of Work Consensus Algorithms.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  6. Cem Dursun. Defense in Depth Approach For Industrial Control Systems.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar

2021

  1. Çağrı Sevinç. Cyber Security Framework for Air Traffic Control Centers and CNS/ATM.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  2. Fatih Çiroğlu. Mobile Forensic Investigations of IOS Mobile Devices.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  3. Muhammed Nalcı. A Comprehensive Review of International Research on Cyberbullying.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  4. Ali Cem Gürel. Exhaustive Search Attack Security of Trivium against CPUs and GPUs.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  5. Merve Demir Akansel. Setup DNSSEC on a DNS Server and DNSSEC Disadvantages in Attack Surface Manner.
    • Supervisor: Dr. Attila Özgit
  6. Utku Aktaş. Vulnerabiliries of Facial Recognition and Countermeasures.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  7. Uygar Dinçalp Demircioğlu. Vulnerability Management in Large Scale and Ever-Growing Organizations.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  8. Atanur Serkan Elmasoğlu. Kernel Based Hooking Engine to Collect Malware Behavior.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan

2020

  1. Ali Cem Gürel. Exhaustive Search Attack Security of TRIVIUM Against CPUs and GPUs.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  2. Cihan Kılıçkaya. Cyber Kill Chain Framework Implementation on SIEM Projects.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  3. Gökhan Sakar. A Study on Preference of Operating System Selection Amongst Cyber Security Workers.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aysu Betin Can
  4. Enes Kıdık. Another Secure Way for Sending Files.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  5. Doğukan Saner. Open-Source WAF versus Commercial WAF.
    • Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  6. Erhan Obuz. A Study on Continuous IT Audit using Security Analytics
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk

2019

  1. Celil Okur. A Systematic Review of Cloud Security in Healthcare.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  2. İlker Burak Kurt. Automatic Content Recognition and Privacy.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  3. Saniye Betül Berber. Executible File Detection with PCAOP Analysis.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  4. İbrahim Tekin. Cyber Security Aspects of SCADA Systems.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  5. Akın Akgün. Password Safety of WINRAR Files.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cihangir Tezcan
  6. Sevban Avcı. Privacy of Genetic Information.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  7. Ömer Faruk Çelik. Digital Forensic Investigation of a Windows Computer with Open-Source Tools.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  8. Nihan Akın. Knowledge & Integration of Threat Intelligence.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  9. Serhat Alyurt. NFC-Enabled Android Powered Devices in Access Control Systems.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  10. Hüseyin Can Yüceel. DNS on Blockchain.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  11. Onur Ünver. Digital Signatures and an Application of Public-Key Infrastructure on Blockchain.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  12. Betül Bayraç. A Modern Approach to Data Leak Prevention Projects.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  13. Şebnem Aydın. DDoS Attack Vectors.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  14. Ömer Toker. Cyber Security and Video Games.
    • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Acartürk
  15. Cem Yeşiltepe. Design of an Intrusion Detection System for Internet of Things Networks.
    • Supervisor: Dr. Ali Arifoğlu
  16. Çağıl Öztürk. DNS Server's Security Intrusion Analysis.
    • Supervisor: Dr. Attila Özgit

2018

  1. Nazlı Zeynep Bozdemir. Understanding Cyberespionage: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar

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