Last Updated:
09/07/2024 - 12:53

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.

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

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 SevinçCyber 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 NalcıA 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 GürelExhaustive 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 OkurA Systematic Review of Cloud Security in Healthcare.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  2. İlker Burak KurtAutomatic Content Recognition and Privacy.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  3. Saniye Betül BerberExecutible File Detection with PCAOP Analysis.
    • Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aybar Can Acar
  4. İbrahim TekinCyber 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