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Cyber Security / Applied Cryptography / Secure Systems Design
2,500 words
Secure Property Contract Exchange: Cryptographic Protocol Design, Threat Modelling and Post-Quantum Readiness
This Applied Theory of Cyber Security and Secure Design coursework places students in the role of a cyber security consultant engaged by Hackit & Run LLP, a legal firm specialising in UK and international property transactions. The firm wishes to implement a secure digital system for handling, exchanging and legally signing property contracts. Students must design and evaluate a secure communication protocol supporting interactions between the buyer’s solicitor, the seller’s solicitor and the buyer while addressing both first-time communications and previously established secure relationships. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a… Section A – Cryptographic Protocol Design, worth 45%, requires a complete secure communication protocol. Students must explain how trust is initially established, how later communications can be simplified without weakening confidentiality, integrity or availability, and how the buyer can digitally sign a contract in a manner enforceable under UK law. The design must justify specific cryptographic algorithms for functions such as key exchange, bulk encryption, digital signatures and hashing. The protocol must be presented through both a sequence diagram showing message flows and cryptographic operations and pseudocode explaining the key algorithmic stages. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a… Section B – Threat Modelling, worth 20%, requires a focused analysis using the STRIDE methodology. Students identify three realistic threats from different STRIDE categories and analyse the attack vector, asset at risk and potential effect on the legal transaction. Each threat must then be connected back to specific protocol defences, with residual risks acknowledged where controls cannot provide complete mitigation. The guidance encourages consideration of issues such as social engineering, insider threats, key-management failures and availability risks in addition to purely cryptographic attacks. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a… Section C – Security Evaluation Against Standards, worth 15%, requires students to evaluate the proposed system against a recognised cybersecurity standard or framework. Options include ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408) and the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard. Students select three or four directly relevant controls or requirements, assess whether the proposed design satisfies them, identify gaps and recommend specific improvements. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a… Section D – Post-Quantum Readiness and Critical Reflection, worth 15%, examines how a future quantum-capable adversary could affect the protocol. Students identify vulnerable cryptographic components, discuss the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography standardisation programme, and examine replacement algorithms such as ML-KEM for key establishment and ML-DSA for digital signatures. They must also evaluate a hybrid migration strategy combining classical and post-quantum algorithms, considering performance overhead, backward compatibility and the legal admissibility of post-quantum digital signatures. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a… The remaining 5% evaluates professional report quality, logical structure, technical language, integration of diagrams and consistent CUHarvard referencing. Higher-quality work is expected to demonstrate a sophisticated trust model, clear traceability between threats and controls, precise standards mapping, practical security recommendations and well-evidenced analysis of post-quantum migration. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a… Important for the public Reference Library: the brief states that the assessment document is intended only for Coventry University Group students and must not be passed to third parties or posted on any website. Therefore, publish only an original high-level description such as the overview above; do not upload or reproduce the original assignment brief publicly. 11b17febb9eeb4570f76f6ca95a831a…
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3,000 words
ParkaLot Enterprise Parking Garage Management System: Software Analysis, Design and Prototype Development
This enterprise software engineering project requires students to analyse, design and prototype a centralised parking garage management system for ParkaLot Group, a UK operator of multi-storey parking facilities. The existing organisation relies heavily on manual processes, local spreadsheets and simple barrier-based vehicle counts, resulting in limited real-time occupancy information, inconsistent reservation arrangements, decentralised billing and reduced ability to optimise parking capacity and revenue. COMP1471 CW 2526 (1) The proposed system supports ParkaLot’s wider digital transformation by integrating customer registration, reservations, parking-space allocation, occupancy monitoring, contracts and billing. Customers can check availability and reserve parking through an online portal, while frequent and corporate users can establish recurring arrangements or block reservations. License-plate recognition and individual parking-space sensors enable automated access control and real-time occupancy tracking. COMP1471 CW 2526 (1) Additional functionality includes centralised electronic billing, dynamic pricing, promotional schemes and predictive decision-making for controlled overbooking. Historical usage data may be analysed to estimate no-shows, early departures and overstays, while operational dashboards support staffing, pricing and capacity-management decisions across the garage network. COMP1471 CW 2526 (1) Development is undertaken in two phases. The first uses structured analysis and design, requiring an Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Flow Diagram including a context diagram, and implementation of a prototype database. The second expands the solution using object-oriented analysis and UML, with emphasis on adaptable and reusable software design. COMP1471 CW 2526 (1) The final report covers the software-engineering **5 Ps—Problem, Process, Project, Product and People—**alongside ERD and DFD models, UML use cases, at least three sequence diagrams, a detailed class diagram and application of design patterns such as GRASP. Students must also submit prototype evidence, source code, personal reflection, peer assessment and work-contribution documentation. COMP1471 CW 2526 (1) Overall, the assessment integrates requirements engineering, structured modelling, object-oriented design, database development, design patterns, software project management, implementation and acceptance testing within a realistic enterprise-system case study. Overview word count: approximately 360 words. AI-use note: the brief permits Levels 1–4 of generative-AI use, including research and exploration at Level 4, but all final submitted text, code, diagrams and designs must be the students’ own work. Level 4 use requires disclosure, an appendix of prompts/outputs and reflective commentary. COMP1471 CW 2526 (1)
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Systems Analysis and Design
Systems Analysis and Design with UML – Individual Systems Design Assignment
This individual assignment forms Part 2 of the Systems Analysis and Design with UML assessment and contributes 50% of the overall module weighting. The uploaded guidance indicates that this component should continue directly from work completed in Part 1, meaning that the analysis and design developed previously should provide the foundation for the second-stage submission. The assignment is centred on the principles and practices of systems analysis and design using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). It is intended to demonstrate the application of structured analytical thinking and modelling techniques to the development or refinement of an information-system solution. Because Part 2 follows an earlier assessment component, continuity between the original problem definition, requirements and subsequent design work is likely to be an important aspect of the submission. Relevant areas may include requirements representation, system modelling, process and interaction analysis, object-oriented design and the use of appropriate UML artefacts to communicate system structure and behaviour. The work should therefore demonstrate how analytical findings are translated into coherent design decisions while maintaining alignment with the system requirements established during the earlier project stage. The assessment is individual and therefore should demonstrate independent understanding of the selected system, its requirements and the rationale underlying the proposed design. The uploaded summary confirms that this component is worth 50% of the module and has a submission deadline of 15 May 2026 at 17:00 GMT. Note: the actual detailed Part 2 brief is not contained in this uploaded summary, so specific UML diagrams, required sections, word count and marking criteria cannot be confirmed from this document alone. Entry 2 — Intelligent User Interfaces Part 1 Field Content to enter Title Smart Study Student Assistant: Intelligent User Interface Prototype University Not specified in the uploaded guideline Subject Intelligent User Interfaces / Human-Computer Interaction Module name Intelligent User Interfaces Academic level Not specified Academic year Not specified Assignment type Presentations and Academic Posters Reference style Not specified Word count Not applicable – maximum 10-minute pre-recorded prototype presentation Amount (₹) Enter your internal project amount Key topics Intelligent User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Smart Study Assistant, Student Productivity, Adaptive Interfaces, Personalised Learning, Study Planning, Question Generation, Low-Fidelity Prototyping, User-Centred Design, User Behaviour, Learning Progress, Educational Technology, UX Design, Personalisation Assignment overview This project prototype forms Part 1 of Intelligent User Interfaces and contributes 60% of the final module mark. The assessment requires a project prototype supported by a pre-recorded presentation of no more than ten minutes. The selected project concept is a Smart Study Student Assistant, positioned within education and student-productivity technology. The proposed system is an adaptive study-planning and note-based question-generation interface. Its purpose is to help students organise academic work by combining uploaded study notes, deadlines and information about user behaviour to generate personalised study plans and learning questions. The project addresses common problems including scattered study materials, missed deadlines, unclear schedules and the lack of personalised guidance on how and when students should study. The guidance specifically states that the solution should not be unnecessarily advanced. Instead, the design should focus on how the interface will be useful to different types of users. Low-fidelity material and supporting notes are also required, indicating that the project should demonstrate user-centred design thinking rather than focusing solely on technical sophistication. The intended goal is to provide personalised study plans, questions and guidance based on the student's notes and deadlines, supporting more consistent study habits and improved organisation. Tutor feedback describes the concept as relevant and well motivated but identifies one important weakness: the system's intelligent behaviour is currently under-specified. The tutor specifically recommends clarifying how study plans and question generation adapt according to user behaviour or learning progress. Accordingly, the prototype should communicate both the interface design and the adaptive logic that makes the system genuinely intelligent and user-centred. Entry 3 — Intelligent User Interfaces Part 2 Field Content to enter Title Intelligent User Interfaces – Individual Essay University Not specified in the uploaded guideline Subject Intelligent User Interfaces / Human-Computer Interaction Module name Intelligent User Interfaces Academic level Not specified Academic year Not specified Assignment type MS Essays Reference style Not specified Word count Not specified Amount (₹) Enter your internal project amount Key topics Intelligent User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Adaptive Interfaces, User-Centred Design, Intelligent Systems, Personalisation, User Experience, Educational Technology, Interaction Design, AI Interfaces Assignment overview This individual essay forms Part 2 of the Intelligent User Interfaces module and contributes 40% of the final module mark. The uploaded guidance identifies the submission deadline as 21 May 2026 at 16:00. The assessment belongs to the same Intelligent User Interfaces module as the Part 1 prototype project. The broader module context therefore concerns the design and evaluation of interfaces that use intelligent or adaptive behaviour to improve interaction between users and digital systems. Relevant considerations may include personalisation, adaptive interaction, usability, human-computer interaction, user behaviour and the responsible design of intelligent systems. However, the uploaded summary does not contain the actual Part 2 assessment brief, essay question, required word count, marking criteria or prescribed topic. It only confirms that the assessment is an individual essay worth 40% of the final mark. For that reason, the Reference Library overview should remain general rather than claiming that Part 2 specifically assesses the Smart Study Student Assistant. If the Part 2 essay is intended to continue or evaluate the Part 1 prototype, that relationship should only be added once the actual Part 2 assessment brief confirms it. The current document explicitly provides the Smart Study Student Assistant instructions under Subject 2, while no corresponding topic instructions are shown for Subject 3. So for Entry 3, I would keep the title and overview generic until the actual KV7005 Part 2 brief is uploaded.
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