Business Ethics in Cybersecurity: A Detailed Case Study Analysis

This presentation provides an overview of ethics in cybersecurity, focusing on a case study involving ASIC v. RI Advice. It highlights the ethical issues arising from cybercrimes and breaches of security, emphasizing the importance of data protection and privacy. The presentation relates the case to the ACM code of ethics, explaining how principles such as preventing harm and respecting privacy are crucial in cybersecurity. It also discusses effective communication strategies for addressing ethical concerns and concludes with the significance of adhering to ethical principles in business technology. References to relevant academic articles are included, and Desklib offers similar resources for students.

Ethics

Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Cyber security
• Case
• How case relates to ethics (ACM) its principles which explains the ethical issues.
• Ethical issues in case
• How to communicate about ethical issues in relevant and useful way
• Conclusion

Introduction
Information technology
• Basis for study,
• Extends to such practices
• It is the contemporary technology

Cyber security
The cybercrimes and security
• Most serious challenges
• Breach of computer networks used by companies, individuals and nation states.
• Hacking, one of the cyber crime and breach of cyber security.

Case
In the case of ASIC v. RI Advice,
• ASIC have announced for commencement of proceedings.
• It was alleged by ASIC that the company was subject to the
brute force attack.
• Sensitive information accessed by hacker.
• There must not be compromise with client’s personal
information.

How case relates to ethics (ACM) its principles which
explains the ethical issues.
The code of ethics is the set of standards which is designed mainly to encourage the higher standards of
the behaviour and the professionalism for the financial advisor. the code of ethics now establishes the
12 high level standards for the financial advisers in order to meet.
• Preventing harm
• Respect the privacy
• The company must know and respect the existing rules which pertains to professional work
• Design as well as implement the system which is usually and robustly security

Ethical issues in case in detail
In the case discussed, there are many ethical issues which have been identified which includes
the following-
• Harm caused to sensitive information
• No robust system to protect data
• Failure to respect the privacy.

How to communicate about ethical issues in relevant and
useful way
• Communicate via professional communication
• The communication must be in written form.

Conclusion
It is concluded from this PPT that there is significant growth in the use of technology in every
business sector which helps in easy and quick functioning of business practices but which
benefits, there are many issues such as ethical which affect the working of business. The ACM
code of ethics provides different ethical principles which must be adhered in every business
which includes avoiding harms, respecting privacy, building the robust system to secure personal
information and many others.

References
• Kirkpatrick, M.S. And Weikle, D., 2018, February. Active Learning Strategies For Integrating The ACM Code Of
Ethics Into CS Courses. In Proceedings Of The 49th ACM Technical Symposium On Computer Science
Education (Pp. 1062-1062).
• Neeman, A. And Shaffstall, J., 2018. Engaging The Core: ACM Social And Professional Issues Made Easy Via
Mobile Security. Journal Of Computing Sciences In Colleges, 34(1), Pp.8-16.
• Rentz, Z., Clements, J., Wood, Z. And Keen, A., 2021, March. Before You Write Code... Putting Data And Ethics
At The Center Of Introductory Computing. In Proceedings Of The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium On
Computer Science Education (Pp. 1353-1353).
• Zeller, M., 2021. An Interview With Dr. Michael Zeller, Winner Of ACM SIGKDD 2020 Service Award. ACM
SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter, 22(2), Pp.6-7.

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