Cybersecurity Ethics

This course examines ethical issues relevant to ethics for cybersecurity professionals, including privacy, professional code of conduct, practical conflicts between engineering ethics and business practices, individual and corporate social responsibility, ethical hacking, information warfare, and cyberwarfare. Students will gain a broad understanding of central issues in cyberethics and the ways that fundamental ethical theories relate to these core issues.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Analyze ethical problems related to cybersecurity
• 2. Apply principles learned from ethical theories to cybersecurity case studies
• 3. Identify the most common ethical issues in the cybersecurity field
• 4. Deliberate effectively about issues in cybersecurity ethics by clearly articulating a considered opinion in the context of relevant alternatives
• 5. Explain ethical principles, problems, and potential solutions clearly

Course Material

Reflective Writing

Case analysis