The Code of Honor : Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maurer, Paul J.

Contributor:

Skoudis, Ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security--Moral and ethical aspects.

Computer security.

Penetration testing (Computer security).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

A comprehensive and practical framework for ethical practices in contemporary cybersecurity While some professions - including medicine, law, and engineering - have wholeheartedly embraced wide-ranging codes of ethics and conduct, the field of cybersecurity continues to lack an overarching ethical standard. This vacuum constitutes a significant threat to the safety of consumers and businesses around the world, slows commerce, and delays innovation. The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity delivers a first of its kind comprehensive discussion of the ethical challenges that face contemporary information security workers, managers, and executives. Authors Ed Skoudis, President of the SANS Technology Institute College and founder of the Counter Hack team, and Dr. Paul Maurer, President of Montreat College, explain how timeless ethical wisdom gives birth to the Cybersecurity Code which is currently being adopted by security practitioners and leaders around the world. This practical book tells numerous engaging stories that highlight ethically complex situations many cybersecurity and tech professionals commonly encounter. It also contains compelling real-world case studies - called Critical Applications - at the end of each chapter that help the reader determine how to apply the hands-on skills described in the book. You'll also find: A complete system of cybersecurity ethics relevant to C-suite leaders and executives, front-line cybersecurity practitioners, and students preparing for careers in cybersecurity. Carefully crafted frameworks for ethical decision-making in cybersecurity. Timeless principles based on those adopted in countless professions, creeds, and civilizations. Perfect for security leaders, operations center analysts, incident responders, threat hunters, forensics personnel, and penetration testers, The Code of Honor is an up-to-date and engaging read about the ethically challenging world of modern cybersecurity that will earn a place in the libraries of aspiring and practicing professionals and leaders who deal with tech every day.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: "Like Your Hair Is On Fire"

How Should You Read This Book?

Why Are There Two Authors but Only One Voice?

How Should You Approach the Critical Applications Case Studies?

How Should You Use the Cybersecurity Code of Honor?

A Challenge to Make the World a Better Place

Chapter 1 One Code to Rule Them All?

In Case You Are Wondering Why You Should Care

Do We Need Ethics in Cybersecurity?

Long-Standing Models for the Code

Why the Need for the Code Is Urgent

Chapter 2 This Is a Human Business

Cybersecurity Is a Human Business

Humans Have Inherent Value

Humans Over Technology

The Solution to the Problem of Cybersecurity Is Principally a Human Solution

Character Costs and Character Pays

Case Study: When Security Is on the Chopping Block

Chapter 3 To Serve and Protect

We Need You on That Wall

Know Your Why-Purpose and People

Service Means Sharing: Sharing Starts with Good Communication

Sharing with the Broader Cyber Community: We Are All on the Same Wall

Checking In

A Final Example

Case Study: Responsible Disclosure of a Security Flaw

Chapter 4 "Zero-Day" Humanity and Accountability

Bad Decisions and Multiplication

Humans Are Flawed

Turning Vulnerability into Strength: It Begins with Humility

Being a Lifelong Learner

Handling the Mistakes of Others

Let's Try to Avoid "Breaking Bad"

How to Develop a Reflective Practice

Case Study: To Pay or Not to Pay-A Ransomware Quandary

Chapter 5 It Begins and Ends with Trust

The Secret of Success

Trust Is the Currency of Cybersecurity

How Trust Is Built

When Things Go Bad

Building Trust Requires Courage

The Role of Leadership in Building a Culture of Trust

A Checklist for Building Trust.

Case Study: A Matter of Trust and Data Breaches

Chapter 6 There Is Strength in the Pack

No Room for Know-it-Alls

Making Informed Ethical Decisions with Input

Why Teamwork Really Does Make the Dream Work

When Collaboration Breaks Down-Seeking Allies in Your Organization

The Power of Mentors

Beware of Rattlesnakes

Case Study: Graded on a Curve? The Security Audit Checkmark

Chapter 7 Practicing Cyber Kung Fu

Essential to Success: Patience, Wisdom, and Self-Control

Remember the Titanic

A Few Principles for Emergency Planning

Stay Calm, Cool, and Collected

Our Job Is Not Revenge

Develop Your Cyber Kung Fu

Case Study: An Open Door: Vigilante Justice

Chapter 8 No Sticky Fingers Allowed

If It's Free, It's for Me?

Avoid a "Robin Hood" Narrative

A Tragedy of "Free Information"

Intellectual Property Is Property

To Catch a Thief, We Must Train Like One

Choices Have Consequences

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Case Study: Something Borrowed and Something New

Chapter 9 It's None of Your Business

Curiosity Can Kill the Cat

The Golden Rule Applied to Cybersecurity

Stay in Your Lane

Four Questions to Help Avoid Impropriety

Each Time You Cross the Line, It Becomes Easier

We Hurt Real Human Beings

An Outrageous Example of the Problem

Remember: We Are the Shield

Case Study: To Share or Not to Share? Investigating the CFO's System

Appendix A: The Cybersecurity Code of Honor

Appendix B: Where Do We Go from Here?

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781394275878

1394275870

OCLC:

1434176877