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Ethical hazards and safeguards in penetration testing.

Faily, Shamal; Iacob, Claudia; Field, Sarah

Authors

Shamal Faily

Claudia Iacob

Sarah Field



Abstract

Penetration testing entails attacking a system to identify and report insecurity, but doing so without harming the system nor encroaching on the dignity of those affected by it. To improve the interaction between penetration testers and their processes and technology, we need to understand the factors that affect decisions they make with ethical import. This paper presents four ethical hazards faced by penetration testers, and three safeguards that address them. We also present preliminary results validating the hazards and safeguards.

Citation

FAILY, S., IACOB, C. and FIELD, S. 2016. Ethical hazards and safeguards in penetration testing. In Proceedings of the 30th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2016): fusion, 11-15 July 2016, Poole, UK. Swindon: BCS [online], article number 83. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.83

Conference Name 30th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2016): fusion
Conference Location Poole, UK
Start Date Jul 11, 2016
End Date Jul 15, 2016
Acceptance Date Jul 11, 2016
Online Publication Date Jul 31, 2016
Publication Date Jul 31, 2016
Deposit Date Dec 7, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Series Title Electronic workshops in computing
Series ISSN 1477-9358
DOI https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.83
Keywords Penetration testing; Systems security; Hacking; Ethics and computing; Personas
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1437927

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