2.5 Investigation and Research Ideas

As a starting point for the investigation and market research a mind map (Figure 5) was created to generate ideas. A selection of these ideas will be used to find relevant research materials or provide the basis of questionnaires for IT professionals to evaluate the User Guardian idea. The information gathered in this mind map is based on the authors experience within the IT Security arena, and on-going academic studies.

Figure 5 - Investigation and Market Research Mind Map