The Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Author ORCID Identifier
Morgan Luck
Document Type
Research on Applied Ethics
Abstract
Internal cyber-attacks (cyber-attacks which occur from within an organization) pose a serious threat to an organization’s security. One tool that organizations can employ to help them detect such threats is the internal cyber-sting . An internal cyber-sting involves an organization enticing its members into performing a (controlled) internal cyber-attack in order to apprehend them. However, there is (rightly) considerable moral consternation about employing such a tool; for it is deceitful and undermines trust. The aim of this paper is to present four separate actions that might be taken by organizations to strengthen their moral reason for employing internal cyber-stings.
Recommended Citation
Luck, Morgan
(2019)
"Entrapment behind the firewall: the ethics of internal cyber-stings,"
The Australasian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 23:
No.
1, Article 20.
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v23i0.1886
Available at:
https://aisel.aisnet.org/ajis/vol23/iss1/20