The Role of Ethics in Developing Professionalism in

Network Security

S.Saththiyan | Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security

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 Unauthorized access and action increases
each day we pass

Technical or Technology alone is not possible

to control these incidents

INTRODUCTION Human is the weakest link in network

Advice to include Ethical Layer

Professionalism must be included in Network

Security
ETHICS

Every face of human Every information

Ethics in computing
attempt is being Change brings new security and
is very widely
deeply challenged form of ethical network security
accepted and
by information issues. professionals must
prepared.
technology deal with it.

Preparing and
Network and Cyber
Developing in ICT
Security is still security currently
education,
under development lack ethics in
professional
professional
practices
Professionalism

CREATE AND REGULATE ON ETHICAL
MATTERS.
LESS ACCEPTABLE AS PUBLIC TRUST
IN PROFESSIONS IS NOT STRONG
ENOUGH
WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THESE CODES’ INFORMATION
SECURITY WILL HAVE GAPS BECAUSE
OF LAWS COULDN’T FILL SOME GAPS
AND ETHICS CAN
COMPETENCIES; EDUCATION AND
TRAINING; BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE;
AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
 • Ethics is very important but hard to implement

To what extent do • Different countries and Different sectors have a

different viewpoint
ethics contribute to • Ethics on Professionalism cannot be totally tied to
the development of a common
the professional • Self-taught or working in the field with no formal
educational qualification
identity of ICT
• Ethics itself is uncertain in many places
practitioners? • Professional bodies working to bring in to one
common code of Ethics
 • Professionalism should “not pillar but bodily
organs that need to work together”
• Education and continuing professional
What practices and development (CPD) is the crucial steps for
policies can promote strengthening engagement with ethics from the
outset
the development of • Teach how to prevent malicious cyber security
and engagement attacks but not how to launch such an attack
within Network • IEEE is also working on developing standard for
Security ethics? process models for engineers and Technicians to
address ethics in security
• Having a license mechanism would be an option to
have a professionalism
Conclusion

• People working within network & cyber security worried about

ethics and professionalism.
• Need Proper curriculum in education for Ethics and Professionalism
• Developing the Ethics and Professionalism is a challenge in Network
Security
• Network Security must have proper standards for Ethics and
Professionalism.
• Information is in hand; it must not be used for unethically.
Thank you