Ethical Guidelines for Computer Security Researchers: “Be Reasonable”

Sassaman, Len

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“…However, for the sake of consistency the results were filtered for sources that were published before November 2015 discuss particular methodologies for conducting foresight studies, which could be integrated in an approach for practising ethics (such as the Delphi method, anticipatory technology ethics and sociotechnical transition analysis). Sassaman (2010) discusses specific ethical issues for computer security research, but without applying a distinct methodology.…”

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Methods for Practising Ethics in Research and Innovation: A Literature Review, Critical Analysis and Recommendations

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This paper provides a systematic literature review, analysis and discussion of methods that are proposed to practise ethics in research and innovation (R&I). Ethical considerations concerning the impacts of R&I are increasingly important, due to the quickening pace of technological innovation and the ubiquitous use of the outcomes of R&I processes in society. For this reason, several methods for practising ethics have been developed in different fields of R&I. The paper first of all presents a systematic search of academic sources that present and discuss such methods. Secondly, it provides a categorisation of these methods according to three main kinds: (1) ex ante methods, dealing with emerging technologies, (2) intra methods, dealing with technology design, and (3) ex post methods, dealing with ethical analysis of existing technologies. Thirdly, it discusses the methods by considering problems in the way they deal with the uncertainty of technological change, ethical technology design, the identification, analysis and resolving of ethical impacts of technologies and stakeholder participation. The results and discussion of our literature review are valuable for gaining an overview of the state of the art and serve as an outline of a future research agenda of methods for practising ethics in R&I.

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Methods for Practising Ethics in Research and Innovation: A Literature Review, Critical Analysis and Recommendations

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“…The field of cybersecurity research sometimes involves ethical choices, legal restrictions, liability concerns, as well as challenging political questions . During the last few years, there have been several studies that discussed ethical considerations and restrictions in cybersecurity and more precisely in botnets research …”

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“…In this section, we briefly discuss some of the ethical considerations of the botnet research work we have conducted in this paper. We do so by focusing on two questions that are directly related to the different considerations that have been discussed in the context of ethical issues involved in cybersecurity research Was there any harm on the CSP side or on the target side?…”

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“…30,31 During the last few years, there have been several studies that discussed ethical considerations and restrictions in cybersecurity and more precisely in botnets research. 30,[32][33][34][35] In this section, we briefly discuss some of the ethical considerations of the botnet research work we have conducted in this paper. We do so by focusing on two questions that are directly related to the different considerations that have been discussed in the context of ethical issues involved in cybersecurity research.…”

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“…We do so by focusing on two questions that are directly related to the different considerations that have been discussed in the context of ethical issues involved in cybersecurity research. 30,[32][33][34][35] 1. Was there any harm on the CSP side or on the target side?…”

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Ethical Guidelines for Computer Security Researchers: “Be Reasonable”

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Methods for Practising Ethics in Research and Innovation: A Literature Review, Critical Analysis and Recommendations

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