CyberDOME - Adaptive Moving Target Defence for Securing Critical Service in 6G Networks Aston University

Overview

The  CyberDOME - Adaptive Moving Target Defence for Securing Critical Service in 6G Networks course at  Aston University  aims to deliver a bold cutting-edge technology: Moving Target Defense (MTD). MTD involves continuously changing and randomizing system. components and configurations to create a constantly shifting attack surface, making it significantly harder for attackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities. 

By increasing system complexity and uncertainty, MTD aims to lengthen the "attack lifetime," reduce the likelihood of successful exploits, and improve the chances of detecting and responding to threats. MTD will deliver novel security systems capable of protecting critical services and infrastructures, such as novel 6G infrastructures delivering a proactive defence mechanism to defend against various cyber-attacks such as a continuous-moving attackers delivering a distributed denial of service, spoofing, man-in-the-middle attackers.

Career prospects

Studying a PhD is great route into academia and industries that are centred on research and innovation. Areas with a demand for very high level and specialised research skills often demand PhDs.

In addition to this specialist knowledge, PhD education will help you to develop a set of valuable transferrable skills. The very nature of studying an intensive research degree will enable you to become a team player, develop problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and advanced presentation and communication skills.

The variety of PhD project topics at Aston means that the destinations of our graduates vary substantially. Some choose to continue into academia, at either Aston or other leading institutions, while others go onto use their newly acquired skills in a range of research, healthcare, industry or charitable fields. When selecting your chosen PhD path at Aston, your supervisor will be able to provide you with relevant career opportunities that could be available to you in your specialist area.