Internet Security: Hacking, Counterhacking, and Society

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2007 - Business & Economics - 292 pages
The frequency of digital attacks and intrusions has steadily increased over the years as the number of people with the appropriate motivation and technical ability continues to grow. Internet Security: Hacking, Counterhacking, and Society is a modern survey of the recent ethical policy issues arising in connection with Internet and network security. This exciting collection of papers, articles, and monographs discusses a number of important ethical questions arising in many distinct areas of Internet and network security, including: Are hacker attacks and hacktivism morally justified? Is hacking justified as self-defense? How should professionals respond to security issues? Is publishing malicious code protected by moral rights to free speech? Is it morally permissible for the government or individuals to actively conceal e-content? Internet Security: Hacking, Counterhacking, and Society is a valuable addition to the library of anyone concerned with the growing number of Internet security issues and intrusions facing society today.
 

Contents

Part
3
Chapter
9
Is Hacktivism Morally Justified?
73
Response to Computer Intrusions
99
Professionalism Profits Ethics or Sleaze?
143
Implementing ValueSensitive
153
Software Development
171
Kai Kimppa Andy Bissett and N Ben Fairweather Security in
221
Maria CanellopoulouBottis Disclosing Software
255
Copyright

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About the author (2007)

Kenneth Einar Himma teaches philosophy at Seattle Pacific University. He formerly taught in the Philosophy Department, the Information School, and the Law School at the University of Washington. His specialties are legal philosophy and information ethics. He has authored more than 100 scholarly articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and op-ed newspaper pieces. He is on the editorial boards of International Review of Information Ethics and the forthcoming INSEIT Journal.