The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity

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