THE UTILISATION OF NIST AS A CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES DURING COVID-19 

Research Project by Thomas Hughes / C00231519

About Me & The Project

My name is Thomas Hughes and this is my final year project. This is a research project that explores and challenges Higher Education Institutes ability to operate in the expansive security challeneg that is hybrid learning during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

The project discusses attacks, the security climate, the standards set by the NIST cyber security framework, and includes an audit to fully gauge the success of an example HEI.

The project document is my findings in the research. The research was carried out with the use of a NIST Cybersecurity Framework Audit and a Cybersecurity Readiness Survey I had conducted.


Project Plan

The planned course which the project was estimated to take. This includes general dates and times predicting when the project should meet certain goals.

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Research Manual

The initial ideas of the project explored and the possibilties the project could follow.

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Functional Specification

Highlighting both the main functionality and non-functional aspects of the project

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Project Report

Overview of the completed project with reflection on the process and ideas for future improvements.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework Audit & 
Cyber Readiness Survey

The final deliverable for the research project.

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Thank you to my supervisor Chris Staff for his guidance and encouragement during this project.
A thank you to all Higher Education Institutes that took part in this research.

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