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James Todd

PhD Student,

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Teaching Summary

I have assisted with the following modules:

  • COMP1005 Programming and Algorithms
  • COMP1006 Systems and Architecture
  • COMP1007 Computer Fundamentals
  • COMP2013 Developing Maintainable Software
  • COMP4024 Software Engineering Management
  • COMP4104 Malware Analysis

Research Summary

Assessing the importance of open-source software from a cyber-security perspective.

My research is based on the notion that "obscurity is not security". From a cyber-security perspective, it is preferred that systems be open-source as flaws can be detected by members of the public. Vulnerabilities could have been introduced into a closed-source solution that are not identifiable, as a result of the inaccessible nature of the code-base. The project involves attempting to further prove this concept by reverse-engineering some existing systems (some older and some newer) in an attempt to determine the cyber-security impacts of their closed-sourced nature.

I specifically focus on vehicular/automotive control systems and the related diagnostic capabilities of such systems.

School of Computer Science

University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG8 1BB

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