Based on my readings in the BioCybersecurity section of the Cybersecurity 200T course as well as additional reading that I have done on my own in the past, the issue of CRISPR Gene Editing and it’s ethical considerations are a very tricky and complicated subject. On one hand, it is obvious that the area of gene editing could open up a door to a whole new world of scientific advancements, as well as massive financial implications for both the fields of technology and biology. Issues such as diseases and birth defects could become obsolete and the field of health could have a whole new baseline to work with. However, where I think things get complicated in terms of ethics is when it comes to the issue of how these gene edit experiments are carried out and how the effects of some of these edits are still not 100% proven to be completely safe. It is believed in the scientific community that the most effective form of experimentation needs to be done on the human embryo to test out gene edits, but many people have moral and religious issues with this prospect. Another issue that I see with gene editing is the moral complication of “playing God”. Although I am not overtly religious in my personal life, I can see how the subject of gene editing can seem to go against nature itself, as it is basically opening the door for human intervention into our very existence as a species and could lead to us being able to control everything about ourselves, which is probably not what God or any higher power would have intended for us. When I look at the issue of gene editing as it pertains to Cybersecurity in particular, I think it makes DNA even more valuable and unfortunately opens up the door to new types of crimes being committed should someone’s DNA fall into the wrong hands. Not only could a person’s personal and biological information be stolen easily, but who even knows the extent of what a skilled Bio-technological criminal could be capable of with someone’s DNA.