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The “Ethics” of Teaching Ethical Hacking
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Programs teaching ethical hacking are growing steadily. The argument for teaching ethical hacking focuses on the need to better understand attacks and attackers. However, some believe that teaching offensive hacking skills increases risk to society by drawing students toward criminal acts. The proponents of teaching ethical hacking argue that ethics training permeates related curriculum providing students with ample preparation to understand the risks and choose healthy behaviors. This paper examines mechanisms beyond classroom-based curriculum to minimize the risk of students committing criminal acts with the skills acquired in an ethical hacking course.
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“Students and self-taught cybersecurity professionals learn dangerous hacking skills without understanding the seriousness of misusing those skills (Pike, 2013)”
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Burrell, D. N., Nobles, C., Cusak, A., Omar, M., & Gillesania, L. (2022) · JOURNAL OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR · doi:10.47509/jccb.2022.v02i02.04 · Cited by 21
Metadata
- Authors
- Pike, R. E.
- Affiliations
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Venue
- Journal of International Technology and Information Management
- Published
- 2013-11-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1543-5962 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-6679
- OpenAlex
- W2145125160
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 1.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Journal of international technology and information management (publishedVersion)
- CSUSB ScholarWorks (California State University, San Bernardino) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information and Cyber Security
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- penetration testing, cybercrime prevention, ethics education, curriculum development, risk mitigation, criminal behavior, cybersecurity education
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