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title: MSc security capstone
slug: msc-security-capstone
author: Charis Nikolaidis
year: 2024
type: Academic
tech: [PHP, MySQL, OWASP]
url: https://charisnikolaidis.com/projects/#msc-security-capstone
---

# MSc security capstone

The build for my MSc in Computing (Internet Technology & Security) at the
University of Northampton. A web application in PHP where the security work was
the actual subject: input handling, authentication, the common web
vulnerabilities and how not to ship them. Academic, but it's where the security
habits I use now got their formal grounding.

**Type:** Academic · **Year:** 2024
**Stack:** PHP, MySQL, OWASP

## What's inside

- Threat modelling and the OWASP top ten in practice.
- Authentication and access control done deliberately.
- Written up as the MSc dissertation project.
- Formal grounding for the security habits I still use.
- University of Northampton, 2023 to 2025.

## Links

- GitHub: <https://github.com/Charisn/Msc-Internet-Security>

## Related

- Profile: <https://charisnikolaidis.com/llms.txt>
- All projects: <https://charisnikolaidis.com/projects/>