Overview of the research

This chapter summarizes the results regarding each research objective and provides a concise and justifiable answer to the research question. Each research objective carried its own importance for the book and addressed a significant part of the research question. Also, this chapter discusses future work directions and how this project can contribute to the cybersecurity field. This book consisted of nine chapters, which are respectively divided into subsections. Each chapter served as a stepping stone toward answering the research objectives and research question.

The research approach chosen for this project was a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. These methods have helped to get in-depth insights into Dark Web’s ecosystem and produce reliable data clusters. These data clusters were formed by interviewing relevant people as well as by extensively reviewing, analyzing, and critically evaluating books, scholarly articles, journals...