Sammy T
- Research Program Mentor
MS Master of Science
Expertise
Cybersecurity (offensive and defensive), cloud technologies, DevOps, automation, Python, operating systems
Project ideas
Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.
Python Port Scanner
A port scanner (such as nmap) is a common tool for reconnaissance in security testing. The idea is simple: given a domain name, scan it to see which ports are open. This project is a good introduction to network communication, error handling, and threading. Variants can be made in other programming languages as well