Ethical proactive threat research

Authors:
John Aycock;John Sullins
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Venue:
FC'10 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Financial cryptograpy and data security
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Through a provocative examination of the positive effects of computer security research on regular users, we argue that traditional security research is insufficient. Instead, we turn to a largely untapped alternative, proactive threat research, a fruitful research area but an ethical minefield. We discuss practices for ethical research and dissemination of proactive research.