Understanding of Cybersecurity Ethics

This report discusses the importance of cybersecurity ethics in protecting data and privacy, ethical issues faced by cybersecurity professionals, and a case study on the FBI vs Apple case. It covers topics such as data confidentiality, security, privacy threats, responsible decision-making, liability, cyberbullying, hacking, and copyright issues.

UNDERSTANDING OF
CYBERSECURITY ETHICS

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Cyber security ethics....................................................................................................................4
Important ethics...........................................................................................................................4
Case study evaluation..................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Cyber security an application of information technology used to protect computers, servers,
mobile devices from any kind of malicious attack (Christen, Gordijn and Loi, 2020).
Cybersecurity aim to keep the computer's data safe, it protects the integrity, reliability of
computer system. Cybersecurity ethics are the module which includes reading, case studies
which tells about the ethical issues. Cybersecurity ethical issues are confidentiality, threats of
privacy of individual to solve this type of problems cybersecurity required. The report consist
about the information in which the topic of concern is cybersecurity ethics FBI is fighting case
against Apple company to unlock the mobile phone which FBI found from terrorist attack but
apple refuse this offer as for them their customer's privacy matters more so, this situation is
driven to the court, at the end FBI dropped the case because they found the way to unlock the
phone.
MAIN BODY
Cybersecurity is aimed to keep the data secure from any malicious attack. It is used to protect the
user's information, personal data from any third party attack called as hackers. Cyber ethics are
used to govern the internet behaviour it helps the cybersecurity professionals to protect the
individual's data (Smith, 2018). As rise of new technologies in the market it offers many
opportunities to the humans, these technologies helping them to carried out any task easily in a
short time period, but these technologies also develop violence and some people take it in wrong
way, they misuse it to promote many crimes in society. For that purpose cybersecurity is

introduced to protect from these attacks. In this era everyone is tech friendly, as technology
easily carried out any task which human can't do in one go, therefore it also increases the
possibilities of cyber attack which is held by a people called as hackers or cyber attackers who
decrypt the cyber code and easily hack the system after that they ask for ransom for this they use
vulnerable method also lead companies or individual to bankruptcy, therefore cybersecurity
professional used cyber ethics to prevent this type of activities. Cybersecurity professional deals
with various ethical issues which can't be tackle by normal person the ethical issues which are
handle by professional cybersecurity is data confidentiality which is the key of ethical issue,
security issue, privacy threats, responsible decision-making issues, liability, cyberbullying,
hacking and copyright issues, all these issues are handled by cybersecurity professional
(Yaghmaei and et.al 2017).
Cyber security ethics
Technology is said to be at a greater Heights and also the information systems is said to be one
of the probable entity that is in regard to people and working atmosphere nowadays. Everything
is going on in a digital basis and therefore there are certain entities that will contribute for cyber
security prospect where hacking is one of the prominent one that will have to be prevented.
Cybersecurity will enable the prospect of secure mechanism that are necessary for systems as
well as the information that is in regard to an organisation or an entity that will portray a kind of
technical issues which are usually hacked by people (Blanken-Webb and et.al, 2018). There are
also management systems that are falling in regard to operation systems at there are programs
that are enhanced in order to destroy the sensitive information in regard to organisation. The
cybersecurity ethics in this regard will revolve around the professional that are more towards
working for the mechanism to bring about a secured programming category which is necessary
to make ethical decisions and expectations. The ethics in this regard are nothing but the
appropriate processes that are in the company norms and policies and regulations will not be out
of control. These are to safeguard the privacy of entire data that is used by the organisation. The
data interpretation that the organisation works upon is one of the essential tool because whether
it be any sector like that of retailing for an automobile industry their customer base is literally
high and their data will have to be safeguarded on a prominent basis (Macnish and van der ,
2020). Without compromising upon the quality the cyber security aspects that are in regard to
hacking consequences will have to be designed and implemented by the organisation. This is

also something which falls in regard to the consideration of right prospect and right information
that will have to be provided to people and that falls under ethical consideration.
Important ethics
The different tactics that will fall in regard to this cybersecurity and ethical policies include those
of computer ethics privacy intellectual property rights and academic integrity. All these are
necessary in order to move ahead with the protective mechanism which will have to provide
safety over the choice of organisation. Data will have to be interpreted with a conceptual
mechanism and this data will also move ahead into prominent and significant predicting
methodologies that are appropriate in testing the effectiveness of data. These ethical principles
will significantly have to be taken care about and the predictor of computer ethics, cyber privacy
and academic integrity will have to be eventually developed. It is necessary that the immoral
behaviour of few people will lead to hacking and evaluating the ethical principles yet there are
also certain studies that can cope up with protecting the data on a regular basis.
Computer ethics: computer ethics are nothing but the privacy concerns that will fall in regard to
maintaining data. The computer in the organisation is a considerable aspect and also a kind of
storage for entire data of the organisation and therefore this will have to be maintained on a dew
basis that concerns with the privacy. Any prospect like that of hacking is regarded to be unlawful
and this is considered to be one of the biggest mistake by people who are dealing with that. The
intellectual property rights that are in regard to the data that is stored in computer will also have
to be avoided and the copyright policy is also one of the intellectual property rights that falls in
this regard. This has a severe effect on the society where the jobs will have to be abolished with
the privacy concerns when not maintained on a proper basis (Manjikian, 2017).
Cyber privacy: cyber privacy is also one of the ethical constraint that will fall in regard to the
activity of multiple devices. There is a lot of personal data that can be extracted from devices and
therefore the permission that are integrated with the sources will have to be taken care about.
Also sometimes the Malware functioning can lead to the interaction of data and that can also be
one of the contributing factor to loose the entire data from system. Protecting the device every
now and then and debugging the entire criteria by resolving certain issues can therefore be one of
the effective critical constant when it comes to cyber privacy.

Case study evaluation
Cyber security considerations are set to be one of the prominent factors for every organisation
and an organisation is composed of rules and regulations. Information is one of the primary
source for every entity and therefore it is necessary for the organisation to move ahead with the
choices to take care about the data breach (Timmers, 2019). An organisation policy is not solely
dependent upon the uses and the products are designed in such a way that every individual
product is composed of its own security policies. The organisation cannot be blamed for all the
security issues that are incorporated into the mechanism which are oriented with people who are
using the products. Upon evaluating the case study where the mobile phone that is being
captured by the authorities that are in charge of taking care about the case is solely dependent
upon how far the mobile is used and the data that is in regard to that mobile is considered to be in
safe hands. In this regard the company of the mobile is never in charge of the kind of data that is
being processed in the mobile because it is used in many ways by the user. There are certain
security policies that the organisation usually deal where and in this regard the Apple company
which is the parent company for the mobile phone which is being used by the culprit is also
composed of many principles and executions (Shoemaker and et.al, 2019). The authorities are
not to be blamed because they are doing the duty of getting the right amount of information that
is stored in the mobile phone but still there are certain security issues that will fall in this regard.
According to the Apple company the security policies will be that of the ethical principles that
will follow in regard to safeguarding all the policies of data interpretation and that cannot be
given to people who are not under legal circumstances. When the authorities provide the proof of
every legal entity that they will have to carry forward then the Apple company could only deal
with the circumstances in providing the right amount of information which is necessary for the
official. Without informing the Apple company the authorities cannot move ahead with the
policy of breaching the data which is regarded to be one of the cybercrime in regard to the
policies of Apple company.
Through the case study it can probably be seen that the code which is to be developed in order to
get the data on mobile will have to be developed by the Apple company (Weber and et.al, 2018).
This is a privacy issue for the organisation and upon doing this the organisation itself is going to
handle the risk factor that are in regard. The process that is being developed area for the
mechanism of the product will entirely be changed and it will not only impact to the existing

product but also will have to be changed for the entire products that are being developed by the
company. This will in return be a loss for the organisation where it will have to tackle with the
breach of data that is in store of every customer. Although the authorities and the officials that
insisted Apple company to design a code such that they would get data on the mobile phone of
terrorist that is being handed in interrogation is one of the most reliable measure yet it will also
fall under the consequence of the organisation. The data security is regarded to be one of the
prominent factor for every organisation and therefore it cannot risk over the choice of dealing
with one product which will bring about a great loss for the entire existence. In this regard the
Apple company bi not getting agreed with the fact that it is driving code to decode the product is
one of the most appreciable aspect but in regard to the official it is also regarded to be one of the
prominent aspect with which they are continuing their duty (Priyadarshini, 2018). Both factors
are considerable and yet there is no mechanism that can contribute for the safety measure to save
company from getting into loss and also the other it is by getting the right amount of information
that is necessary for them to tackle the case. Discussing about the Apple company the computer
ethics that will follow in this regard will enhance the organisation to maintain privacy. The FBI
authorities will have to bring forth various measures in order to save Apple company from
getting into loss and try other means that could bring about a good result in getting information
that is stored on the mobile. The company being one of the reputed one and also dealing with
certain implementations every now and then can probably not agree with the path of deriving a
code which will bring about the necessary information. In this regard the ethical constraint in
regard to the organisation will be crossed that can also lead to the policy deterioration. This will
also in regard change every factor and component of all the products that are being developed by
the organisation which is one of the hectic scenarios . Ethical beliefs are said to be one of the
prominent features and factors that will fall in this regard. The ethical principle that are to be
taken care about here is the acceptance of companies norms and policies. It is not until when the
FBI accept the company's norms and policies that it gets to incorporate other ways and means to
bring about the data that is interpreted the mobile. Factor which is called respect is also portrayed
in this regard. The FBI will have to respect the policies and security statements of the
organisation and will have to cope up with the circumstances because the company might run
into loss which is one of the biggest kind of entity that will have to be taken care about. Here FBI
will have to choose another strategies of getting the data that is stored in the mobile other than

encroaching upon the companies norms and policies without even informing them. This might
severely impacted the organisation and also the users that are in charge of its products. This is
one of the biggest mistake that can be committed by FBI without considering the most
favourable aspects that are in regard to the scenario. All the information that is stored in the
mobile is one of the most prominent one and the kind of terrorist details that are in charge of that
mobile and its use is also one of the most important criteria at the authorities can choose an other
way of dealing with the case or in a more respectful manner rather than encroaching upon
without even intimating the organisation (Babazadeh, 2018). Upon developing a new code which
is against the usage of all products the customer data can therefore be evaluated and can be
known to everybody which is again an issue with regard to customers. The customer data will
have to be safeguarded which is one of the biggest norms and policies of the organisation and
that will be breached with the step that is being considered by FBI.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it is concluded that to ensure the security of data, and privacy
to user's information cybersecurity played a very important role. It provides protection to any
device or from any spiteful activities held by hackers. Due to rise of new technologies it also
increased crimes and violence in the society to protect from these vulnerable activities
cybersecurity professional used programs to control or resist these activities. Cybersecurity
helped in keeping the data confidentiality secured and safe from any possibility of cyber attack,
cybersecurity prevents all bad actions which can caused bad impact on any organization or on
any person. Therefore, every organization or even government involved cybersecurity as their
integral part to protect their data from any malicious activity.

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