Research Report – Annotated Bibliography &Discussion

Research Report – Annotated Bibliography &Discussion

TASK

Your task in this report is to write a research report. Please refer to the guide when preparing
your report to see what criteria and standards will be used to assess the work

Research report:
Task
Your task in this report is to write a research report. This report is designed to demonstrate
your familiarity with the underlying complex technology and industry terminology that will
help you leverage the Dark Web and analyse data discovery to strengthen your security
position. It will also start your journey towards gaining the knowledge to establish relevant
policies and procedures based on research and fact-finding foundations.
Please refer to the guide when preparing your report to see what criteria and standards will be
used to assess your work
Your report will consist of two parts:
Part 1: Annotated Bibliography
Refer to the following resources to help you set up your annotated bibliography
What is an annotated bibliography: https://owll.massey.ac.nz/assignment-types/annotatedbibliography.php
Sample annotated bibliography: https://owll.massey.ac.nz/sample-assignments/sampleannotated-bibliography.php

1. A set of topics* is listed below. Choose one topic you are really interested in or is
   closely related to your professional practice.
2. You are required to conduct a literature search on a topic of your choice. You
   should choose at least three research papers, journal articles or conference
   papers). To start you off, you will include the following article.
   Hatta, M. (2020). Deep web, dark web, darknet. Annals of Business
   Administrative Science, 2020, 19(6), 277-292.
   Retrieved https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/19/6/19_0200908a/_pdf/-
   char/en
   Topics Set*:
   • Cybersecurity threat landscape during COVID-19
   • Malware as a Service (MaaS) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
   • ToR Network
   • Dark Web forensics
   • Network traffic analysis
   Part 2: Discussion
   From your annotated bibliography answer the following discussion questions:
3. Identify any important issue/s that you believe were not addressed (or not
   addressed adequately) in the literature.
4. Explain why you view this issue/these issues as important.
5. Discuss what you believe to be the most important lesson you have learnt as a
   result of your literature research.
6. Develop recommendations on how this knowledge will improve the security of
   your workplace.
   RATIONALE
   This report task need to work towards the following outcome/s:
   • Need to be able to differentiate between theoretical and cross-disciplinary
   approaches to the dark web.
   • Need to be able to distinguish and classify the forms of cybercriminal activity
   through the dark web, and the technological and social engineering methods used
   to undertake such crimes.
   • Need to be able to investigate assumptions about the behaviour and role of
   offenders and victims in the dark web.
   • Need to be able to analyse and assess the impact of cybercrime, along with the
   mitigating techniques used to defend against cybercrime.
   • Need to be able to discuss, analyse and apply dark web-related research and
   applications.
   PRESENTATION
   • Your submission must be in a form readable by Microsoft Word or PDF/Acrobat format
   • Your answers to the questions should be precise but complete and informative. The
   guideline about the expected length of your reports in terms of the number of words is
   1500 – 2000;
   • A cover page (outside the page limit) must be included and should contain relevant
   identifying information.
   REQUIREMENTS
   For this report, you are required to use APA 7
   th standard referencing to acknowledge the
   sources that you have used in preparing your report.