From the course: Ethics in Cybersecurity
The importance of ethics
From the course: Ethics in Cybersecurity
The importance of ethics
In cybersecurity, the power and knowledge at our fingertips can be intoxicating. We can hack into everything from social media accounts to airplane control systems. We can take entire businesses offline. We can gain access to secrets that folks thought no one would ever find out. And that's why an understanding of ethics is absolutely crucial for everyone working in cybersecurity. I'm Jerod Brennen, and I've been a practicing cybersecurity professional for two decades unchanged. I'm going to share what I've learned about ethics and cybersecurity over that time, both in theory and in practice, so that you can put that knowledge to good use in your own career. So what are we waiting for? Let's do this.