A case study-based cybersecurity ethics curriculum

Jane Blanken-Webb; Imani Palmer; Sarah Elizabeth Deshaies; Nicholas C. Burbules; Roy H. Campbell; Masooda Bashir

A case study-based cybersecurity ethics curriculum

Jane Blanken-Webb
, Imani Palmer
, Sarah Elizabeth Deshaies
, Nicholas C. Burbules
, Roy H. Campbell
, Masooda Bashir

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This paper describes the rationale for and implementation of an experimental graduate-level cybersecurity ethics course curriculum recently piloted at the at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This case study-based ethics curriculum immerses students in real-life ethical dilemmas within cybersecurity and engages in open dialogue and debate within a community of ethical practice. We uphold the importance of preparing students for a future that is truly unknown and uncertain and note that this requires a push beyond some established curricular guidelines for cybersecurity that underlie a rule and compliance-based approach to ethics education. Details of the course layout are offered as well as results from a student-evaluation survey.

Original language	English (US)
State	Published - 2018
Event	2018 USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education, ASE 2018, co-located with USENIX Security 2018 - Baltimore Duration: Aug 13 2018 → …

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Conference	2018 USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education, ASE 2018, co-located with USENIX Security 2018
City	Baltimore
Period	8/13/18 → …

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Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems
Software

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