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Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction
This new textbook offers an accessible introduction to the topic of cybersecurity ethics.
The book is split into three parts. Part I provides an introduction to the field of ethics, philosophy and philosophy of science, three ethical frameworks – virtue ethics, utilitarian ethics and communitarian ethics – and the notion of ethical hacking. Part II applies these frameworks to particular issues within the field of cybersecurity, including privacy rights, intellectual property and piracy, surveillance, and cyberethics in relation to military affairs. The third part concludes by exploring current codes of ethics used in cybersecurity.
The overall aims of the book are
provide ethical frameworks to aid decision making;
present the key ethical issues in relation to computer security;
highlight the connection between values and beliefs and the professional code of ethics.
The textbook also includes three different features to aid ‘Going Deeper’ provides background information on key individuals and concepts; ‘Critical Issues’ features contemporary case studies; and ‘Applications’ examine specific technologies or practices which raise ethical issues.
The book will be of much interest to students of cybersecurity, cyberethics, hacking, surveillance studies, ethics and information science.
The book is split into three parts. Part I provides an introduction to the field of ethics, philosophy and philosophy of science, three ethical frameworks – virtue ethics, utilitarian ethics and communitarian ethics – and the notion of ethical hacking. Part II applies these frameworks to particular issues within the field of cybersecurity, including privacy rights, intellectual property and piracy, surveillance, and cyberethics in relation to military affairs. The third part concludes by exploring current codes of ethics used in cybersecurity.
The overall aims of the book are
provide ethical frameworks to aid decision making;
present the key ethical issues in relation to computer security;
highlight the connection between values and beliefs and the professional code of ethics.
The textbook also includes three different features to aid ‘Going Deeper’ provides background information on key individuals and concepts; ‘Critical Issues’ features contemporary case studies; and ‘Applications’ examine specific technologies or practices which raise ethical issues.
The book will be of much interest to students of cybersecurity, cyberethics, hacking, surveillance studies, ethics and information science.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 25, 2017
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May 2, 2024
Spend a few minutes on Facebook, and it becomes eminently clear that Facebook fraud is rampant. The once pristine LinkedIn is now ground zero for scammers. Ethics is not something that is respected on most social media platforms.
However, for those who want to play by the rules, cybersecurity ethics is an important topic. Yet the challenge is defining the often very thin line between ethical and unethical cyber and cybersecurity behavior.
In Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition (Routledge), author Dr. Mary Manjikian has written a particularly valuable reference to help the reader navigate the often murky waters of cybersecurity ethics.
Manjikian is a professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. While written as a textbook, this book makes the topic accessible and understandable. At 250 pages, it is a digestible guide that gives the reader a thorough yet comprehensive understanding of the topic.
The book contains three parts of which part 1 lays out the foundation of cybersecurity ethics, which has its base in the fields of general ethics, philosophy, and the philosophy of science. She writes of 3 ethical frameworks that can be applied to the topic, namely virtue ethics, utilitarian ethics, and communitarian ethics.
Part 2 shows how these frameworks can be applied to cybersecurity, with Part 3 detailing how these ethics can be applied to current issues, including DEI, artificial intelligence, big data, and more.
When asked to describe some areas relevant to cybersecurity ethics, many people may shake their heads. However, in fact, almost every area of information technology has ethical considerations that must be dealt with. From privacy and intellectual property to software copyrights, surveillance, and more, all of these areas fall under the rubric of cybersecurity ethics.
At its extreme, when cybersecurity ethics are not dealt with, as Edward Snowden writes in Permanent Record, the repercussions can be severe and devastating. There, Snowden details how the United States intelligence agencies violated not only cybersecurity ethics but also the United States Constitution and countless laws when they performed unheard-of levels of mass surveillance.
Anyone who works with or has even a peripheral involvement with information technology needs to understand cybersecurity ethics. For some people, it can be directly related to their job, and for others, it can involve their personal data.
For those looking for a comprehensive introduction to the topic written in a readable and actionable manner, Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction is an excellent reference. The book will make a person a better employee and responsible citizen, and also help them understand the many areas where others may be violating their data ethics and what to do about it.
However, for those who want to play by the rules, cybersecurity ethics is an important topic. Yet the challenge is defining the often very thin line between ethical and unethical cyber and cybersecurity behavior.
In Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition (Routledge), author Dr. Mary Manjikian has written a particularly valuable reference to help the reader navigate the often murky waters of cybersecurity ethics.
Manjikian is a professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. While written as a textbook, this book makes the topic accessible and understandable. At 250 pages, it is a digestible guide that gives the reader a thorough yet comprehensive understanding of the topic.
The book contains three parts of which part 1 lays out the foundation of cybersecurity ethics, which has its base in the fields of general ethics, philosophy, and the philosophy of science. She writes of 3 ethical frameworks that can be applied to the topic, namely virtue ethics, utilitarian ethics, and communitarian ethics.
Part 2 shows how these frameworks can be applied to cybersecurity, with Part 3 detailing how these ethics can be applied to current issues, including DEI, artificial intelligence, big data, and more.
When asked to describe some areas relevant to cybersecurity ethics, many people may shake their heads. However, in fact, almost every area of information technology has ethical considerations that must be dealt with. From privacy and intellectual property to software copyrights, surveillance, and more, all of these areas fall under the rubric of cybersecurity ethics.
At its extreme, when cybersecurity ethics are not dealt with, as Edward Snowden writes in Permanent Record, the repercussions can be severe and devastating. There, Snowden details how the United States intelligence agencies violated not only cybersecurity ethics but also the United States Constitution and countless laws when they performed unheard-of levels of mass surveillance.
Anyone who works with or has even a peripheral involvement with information technology needs to understand cybersecurity ethics. For some people, it can be directly related to their job, and for others, it can involve their personal data.
For those looking for a comprehensive introduction to the topic written in a readable and actionable manner, Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction is an excellent reference. The book will make a person a better employee and responsible citizen, and also help them understand the many areas where others may be violating their data ethics and what to do about it.
March 17, 2019
A good introduction to how various ethical frameworks (virtue, utilitarian & deontological) can be applied to ethical challenges around subjects such as privacy, surveillance and other cyber security topics.
It’s taken a while to read as it became a bit hard going (hence the 3 stars) but it highlights the complexity of ethics and how different ethical stand points can contradict with each other, even when derived through the same ethical framework.
As to insight, I found the earlier chapters most interesting as it presented the ethical frameworks, philosophy of technology and other subjects before heading into the ethical challenges within cyber security.
It’s taken a while to read as it became a bit hard going (hence the 3 stars) but it highlights the complexity of ethics and how different ethical stand points can contradict with each other, even when derived through the same ethical framework.
As to insight, I found the earlier chapters most interesting as it presented the ethical frameworks, philosophy of technology and other subjects before heading into the ethical challenges within cyber security.
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