Mary Manjikian - Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction

This new textbook offers an accessible introduction to the topic of cybersecurity ethics.

The book is split into three parts. concludes by exploring current codes of ethics used in cybersecurity.

The overall aims of the book are to:

• provide ethical frameworks to aid decision making;
• present the key ethical issues in relation to computer security;
• highlight the connection between values and beliefs and the professional code of ethics.

The textbook also includes three different features to aid students: Going Deeper provides background information on key individuals and concepts; Critical Issues features contemporary case studies; and Application examines specific technologies or practices which raise ethical issues.

The book will be of much interest to students of cybersecurity, cyberethics, hacking, surveillance studies, ethics and information science.

Mary Manjikian is the Associate Dean and an Associate Professor in the Robertson School of Government, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. She is the author of three books, including Threat Talk: Comparative Politics of Internet Addiction (2013).

This book is a bold and innovative synthesis of thinking from diverse yet interlinked disciplines. It is vital reading for scholars, policymakers, security professionals and organizational leaders. Manjikians explication of the ACM Code of Ethics shows why it is a foundational concept for cybersecurity.

Steven Metz, US Army War College, USA

As cyber conflict, espionage and crime increasingly challenge nations and their citizens, Manjikians Cybersecurity Ethics provides a comprehensive and needed addition to the cyber literature cannon. This work constitutes a robust framework for decisions and actions in cyberspace and is essential reading for policymakers, practitioners, and students engaging in the field of cybersecurity.

Aaron F. Brantly, Army Cyber Institute, United States
Military Academy, West Point, USA

Mary Manjikians introduction to cybersecurity ethics nicely links philosophy to practical cyber concerns of students, corporate and government information managers, and even cyber warriors. Complicated concepts are easy to understand and relevant to personal decision-making.

John A. Gentry, Georgetown University, USA

Dr Manjikian has done a masterful job of outlining ethical standards to the constantly evolving cybersecurity domain. This book is a vital reference for those who are concerned with ethics related to hacking, privacy, surveillance, and cyberwarfare in an ever-changing virtual environment that transcends boundaries and cultures and challenges the traditional ways that humans have dealt with each other. Ground-breaking and should be required reading for any serious cybersecurity professional.

Keith Dayton, George C. Marshall European
Center for Security Studies, Germany

A great introductory text to complex conceptual and practical issues in cybersecurity.

Heather Roff, Arizona State University, USA

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To my husband Ara, whose paranoia in relation to social networking teaches us all to be more careful.