The Code of Honor

Many professions--including medicine, law, and engineering--have long required their practitioners to embrace and abide by an overarching code of ethics and conduct. Cybersecurity, possibly due to its more fragmented and distributed nature, has never had such a code. The gap left by the absence of an ethical standard is a significant threat to the safety of consumers and businesses around the world. In The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity, Ed Skoudis, president of SANS.edu and Paul Maurer, president of Montreat College, deliver a comprehensive discussion of the ethical challenges facing contemporary workers, managers, and executives. This book explains and establishes ethical best practices for the tech industry. The need is so compelling that security practitioners and leaders around the world are currently incorporating this code into the fabric of their corporate culture and hiring policies. You'll take a deep dive into many of the high-stakes situations commonly encountered. Compelling case studies--called Critical Applications in the book--included at the end of each chapter demonstrate how to use the hands-on skills being explored within. You'll discover a complete system of cybersecurity ethics relevant to everyone from C-suite leaders and executives to ground-level cybersecurity pros. This carefully crafted framework of ethical decision-making in cybersecurity is rooted in timeless principles of ethics. An essential resource for security analysts, incident responders, threat hunters, forensics experts, penetration testers, red teamers, security researchers, security architects, CISOs, and any other cybersecurity professional, The Code of Honor is timely and practical for the ever-increasing challenges that are rampant in the modern world of cybersecurity.