IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals
by Stephen Northcutt, Cynthia Madden
Not long ago, knowing the ethics of right from wrong at work was simple: Don't steal office supplies, don't pad your expenses, and try and stay sober at the holiday party.
Times have changed, and the work place is now globally connected and accessible 24x7. In the vast realm of Information Technology (IT), an ethically "wrong" decision can be the corporate equivalent of splitting the atom--a small, seemingly isolated event that causes a devastating impact on a grand scale. When applied to IT, the issue of ethics can no longer be relegated to the back of the employee manual. Highly acclaimed trainer, speaker, and author Stephen Northcutt provides a detailed blueprint on how to first identify, and then resolve, issues of ethics within the enterprise.
Hundreds of Scenarios for You to Consider, Including:
- Independent Audit Failures - Do You Report or Keep Things Quiet?
- Handling Bounced E-mails - To Look or Not
- Cracking Screen Saver Passwords - Should You or Shouldn't You?
- Bad Code - Whose Problem is It?
- Failing to Perform Required Data Backup - What if You Miss One?
- Music Downloading and ISPs - Should They Share the Information?
- Questionable Internet Viewing - What do You do About Offensive Material?
- Marketing Roles - What if You Have Insider Knowledge about Your Competition?
- End-user License Agreements - What is the Company's True Responsibility?
- Code Re-use for a Different Customer - Should You Charge for It?
- Personal Privacy for Telecommuters - How Much Should You Have?
- Vulnerability Scanners - In Place of Penetration Testing?
- Privacy Complaints - What's if it's a Matter of National Security?
Stephen Northcutt, Director of Training and Certification for the SANS Institute, is a graduate of Mary Washington College. Before entering the computer security field he had a varied career as a Navy helicopter search and rescue crewman, white water rafting guide, culinary chef, martial arts instructor, cartographer, and network designer. He is the author or co-author of various publications including: Incident Handling Step-by-Step, Intrusion Signatures and Analysis, Inside Network Perimeter Security, SANS Security Essentials, Network Intrusion Detection, 3RD edition and now IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals. He was also the original author of the Shadow Intrusion Detection system and first DoD Shadow team leader before becoming the Chief for Information Warfare at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
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IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals
by Stephen Northcutt, Cynthia Madden
Paperback: 648 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.21 x 9.28 x 7.04; Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (June 8, 2004); List Price: $49.95 - buy now: Price: $33.97 and You Save: $15.98 (32%)
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