Das Fachgebiet Cybersecurity bietet viele spannende Themen für Abschlussarbeiten an. Bei Interesse an einer Abschlussarbeit kontaktieren Sie gerne Prof. Schulmann (schulmann@em.uni-frankfurt.de) oder eines unserer Teammitglieder.

Unten finden Sie eine Auswahl offener Abschlussarbeiten aus unserer Forschung. Wenn Ihnen keines der unten genannten Themen zusagt, zögern Sie nicht uns auch mit eigenen Themenvorschlägen im Bereich Cybersecurity zu kontaktieren. Gerne können wir zusammen eine geeignete Aufgabenstellung aus einer thematischen Idee entwickeln.

Für alle unsere Abschlussarbeiten ist das Ziel, einen wertvollen Forschungsbeitrag zu leisten. Deswegen unterstützen wir unsere Studierenden dabei, bei sehr guten Ergebnissen ihre Arbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichung zu publizieren. Je nach Umfang der Ergebnisse ist eine Publikation im Rahmen eines Posters (Short-Paper) oder vollen Papers möglich.

Die Abschlussarbeiten können in deutscher oder englischer Sprache verfasst werden. Insbesondere für Masterarbeiten ist eine englische Arbeit stark zu empfehlen.

Für exzellente Studierende haben wir nach erfolgreichen Abschlussarbeiten offene Stellen für Hilfswissenschaftler:innen, Tutor:innen, Werksstudierende und Doktoranden, so dass bearbeitete Forschungsthemen weiter vertieft und publiziert werden können. Eine vorherige Abschlussarbeit in unserem Fachgebiet ist für eine Bewerbung nicht zwingend notwendig, Initiativbewerbungen sind willkommen.

Themen Bachelorarbeit

  • Simulation Hijack Propagation in the Internet Graph
    Some systems on the internet are vulnerable to attacks on routing infrastructure. Oftentimes, the impact of these attacks is still being determined. This thesis aims to create a simulation that uses the open-source internet graph and data on vulnerable systems to simulate the impact of attacks on routing infrastructure.
  • Fuzzing components of Internet Protocols
    New security extensions to internet protocols (e.g. RPKI / BGPSec) are meant to improve routing resilience. Their relatively recent introduction makes the current software solutions prone to attacks. The goal of this thesis is to use fuzzing for the discovery of vulnerabilities in recent security extensions.
  • RPKI on Blockchains
    RPKI is a standard for keeping BGP safe. BGPs are an integral part of the Internet and are essential for a functioning Internet. Blockchain technology revealed a method for distributing administrative structures. This work aims to determine if it is technically feasible to develop an extension for BGP systems that implements RPKI functionalities on top of the blockchain and add this to current BGP systems. The benefits of such an implementation will be investigated.

Themen Masterarbeit

  • Testframework for security of RPKI
    The RPKI is a security extension to the routing protocol BGP and is being deployed in more and more system. The community still lacks a test-framework to reliably test software implementations of the RPKI. This thesis takes a deep dive into the inner workings of the RPKI to implement test cases that investigate edge-cases or cases not covered by internet standards to ensure the correct functioning of the software.
  • ASN.1 Object Generation
    ASN.1 defines a syntax for objects in various internet protocols, including the BGP security extension RPKI. However, no standardized framework exists that is able to produce wellformatted ASN.1 object for fuzzing internet protocols. The goal of this thesis is to develop an easy-to-use framework that takes an ASN.1 template as input and produces randomly manipulated objects for fuzzing.
  • [Literature Study] Overview on RPKI
    The RPKI is a relatively new standard to secure BGP. Over recent years, numerous studies looking into different aspects of the RPKI have been published. However, the community lacks a comprehensive overview study that summarizes the current research understanding of the RPKI. The aim of this thesis is a literature review that summarizes the current state of research into the RPKI, providing an overview of answered and open questions regarding RPKI technology.

Themen Promotion

  • Routing Security
    The security of routing protocols is essential for the stability of the internet. With the increasing threat by criminal APT groups and nation state actors, securing internet routing becomes increasingly important. Our group looks into how routing security can be improved. We measure the current deployment of technologies, identify problems and vulnerabilities, and develop new attacks and countermeasures to improve the resilience of internet routing.
  • Network Security
    Our research also looks into topics of network security outside of routing. This includes developing new measures to protect against DDOS attacks, finding vulnerabilities in E-Mail infrastructure, and investigating scans for problems in critical IT infrastructure. Our network security is very broad and we cover most topics related to internet security.
  • Human Factors in Security
    IT systems are generally developed, setup and configured by humans. Our research investigates this human factor of IT security. Many prolific security technologies are robust and safe on a technical level, but they lack the focus on the human factor in deploying and using the technology. New technologies might be difficult to understand and setup, expensive to deploy or non-intutiive to configure, leading to potential vulnerabilities. We thus aim to identify systematic problems in the introduction of new or established security technologies over studies and measurements. In our work, we identify and resolve hurdles and problems in the human side of security.