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The (in)security of proprietary cryptography
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ATTACK AND DEFENSE IN SECURITY ANALYTICS
<p>The security problem has gained increasing awareness due to the various kinds of global threats. Security analytics is the process of using streaming data acquisition, collection, and artificial intelligence algorithms for security monitoring and threat disclosure. In this dissertation work, we …
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Machine Learning in Security Vulnerability Research
This dissertation explores the application of ML in cybersecurity, with a specific focus on offensive security. To examine existing work on the roles of AI and ML in vulnerability discovery, I conducted a targeted review of the literature, which indicated that fuzz testing, a method in which an …
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Towards similarity learning in security applications
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Vulnerability Identification Errors in Security Risk Assessments
At present, companies rely on information technology systems to achieve their business objectives, making them vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. Information security risk assessments help organisations to identify their risks and vulnerabilities. An accurate identification of risks and …
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Uncertainty Quantification in Security Aware Data Pipelines
With the recent rise in connected devices through the Internet of Things and interconnected cyberphysical systems, the diversity and volume of data have expanded. Proper management of sensitive information collected and processed through data pipelines is crucial. Traditional data pipelines usually …
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Local ownership and democratic governance in security sector reform
… component of what is considered best practice in contemporary peacebuilding. It seeks to reallocate authority between local and international actors in peacebuilding contexts. In its purest form, it requires that the design, implementation and evaluation of reform should be led by local actors. …
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Image Reconstruction for X-ray Computed Tomography in Security Screening Applications
<p>X-ray tomographic systems have increasingly widespread use in security screening applications. For example, most major airports now utilize X-ray CT</p> <p>systems for efficient screening of baggage and cargo. While decades of research has benefited CT for medical diagnostics, a number of …
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Wearing an amulet: Land titling and tenure (in) security in Tanzania
Land reform in Tanzania introduced a new National Land Policy (1995) and Land Laws (1999), changing the way land is governed and administrated. The land reform process promoted formalisation of customary land rights as a means to tenure security for the citizens. This ethnography found that …
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Probabilistic Topologies with Applications in Security and Resilience of Multi-Robot Systems
Multi-robot systems (MRSs) have gained significant momentum as of late in the robotics community as they find application in tasks such as unknown environment exploration, distributed surveillance, and search and rescue. Operating robot teams in real world environments introduces a notion of …
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Imagining the Scottish Economy: Economic (In)Security and the 'Hidden Politics' of Independence
On September 18th 2014, voters in a Scottish independence referendum were asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Scotland voted ‘no’ to independence from the United Kingdom by a margin of 55% to 45%. The majority of the debate focused on what was termed ‘the …
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Ask & tell, just don't perform: military discourses of (in)security and sexual identity.
… and sexuality hierarchies that privilege masculinity and heterosexuality as the ideal category of service member. This symbolic national institution is also conceptually tied to notions of citizenship. For marginalized groups, gaining the ability to freely enlist in the military represents a …
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Does specialization in security analysis and portfolio management explain deviations from the CAPM?
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which relates the risk of an individual security to its expected return, is frequently cited in investments textbooks and the academic literature as a centerpiece of modem finance theory. The main prediction of the CAPM is that investors are compensated in …
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The Cult of the Persuasive: The U.S. Military’s Aversion to Coercion in Security Assistance
… States struggle to build stronger militaries in partner states? The fundamental challenge of security assistance is that of influencing recipient political-military decision-making. How does the United States aim to influence recipient leaders? Which strategies of influence work best? Why does …
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A conceptual model for digital forensic readiness in security operation centres: a South African study
The increase in the adoption of technology has resulted in the number of cyber-attacks and security breaches also rising. These cyber-attacks and breaches have become advanced and can go undetected for months. With the rise in cyber-attacks, the need for organizations to tighten cybersecurity …
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(In)security and storytelling in Sri Lanka: negotiating safe spaces to remember, reenact and reconcile violence
This thesis seeks to understand how marginalised communities in Sri Lanka safely share stories of violence when systemic oppression silences them. Those whose caste, ethnicity, gender, geography, language and/or religion sets them apart from the hegemony are at high risk of experiencing every day …
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(Re)creating the Jewish State : projects of (in)security and the disjuncture to price-tag violence
… settlements built over the State of Israel’s internationally-recognised territorial borders are sites of contestation. The focus of this thesis is upon conflicts and contestations which have developed between the State of Israel and some of its own subjects, Jewish settlers, over the …
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Extracting Intelligence and (In)security: Corporate-state Information-sharing Practices and the Construction of Narratives of Indigenous Dissent
This thesis aims to examine how narratives of Indigenous land defense movements are constituted by investigating natural resource extraction corporations and Canadian intelligence and national security agencies joint participation in information-sharing practices. I consider a specific set of …
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