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Traditional ethical hacking relies on skilled professionals and time-intensive command management, which limits its scalability and efficiency. To address these challenges, we introduce PenTest++, an AI-augmented system that integrates…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Haitham S. Al-Sinani , Chris J. Mitchell

This paper reviews literature pertaining to the development of data science as a discipline, current issues with data bias and ethics, and the role that the discipline of information science may play in addressing these concerns.…

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This paper critically examines the evolving ethical and regulatory challenges posed by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. We trace the historical development of AI regulation, highlighting major milestones…

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This study explores the application of generative AI (GenAI) within manual exploitation and privilege escalation tasks in Linux-based penetration testing environments, two areas critical to comprehensive cybersecurity assessments. Building…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Haitham S. Al-Sinani , Chris J. Mitchell

Ethics is an ancient matter for human kind, from the origin of civilizations ethics have been related with the most relevant human concerns and determined cultures. Ethics was initially related to religion, politics and philosophy to then…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-05-12 David Pastor-Escuredo

The recent surge in interest in ethics in artificial intelligence may leave many educators wondering how to address moral, ethical, and philosophical issues in their AI courses. As instructors we want to develop curriculum that not only…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-01-27 Emanuelle Burton , Judy Goldsmith , Sven Koenig , Benjamin Kuipers , Nicholas Mattei , Toby Walsh

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a digital technology that will be of major importance for the development of humanity in the near future. AI has raised fundamental questions about what we should do with such systems, what the systems…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Vincent C. Müller

These days, cyber-criminals target humans rather than machines since they try to accomplish their malicious intentions by exploiting the weaknesses of end users. Thus, human vulnerabilities pose a serious threat to the security and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Dimitra Papatsaroucha , Yannis Nikoloudakis , Ioannis Kefaloukos , Evangelos Pallis , Evangelos K. Markakis

Several recent initiatives have proposed new directions for research practices and their operations in the computer science community, from updated codes of conduct that clarify the use of AI-assisted tools to the inclusion of ethical…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Daphne Tuncer , Marc Bruyere

This Work-In-Progress Paper for the Innovative Practice Category presents a novel experiment in active learning of cybersecurity. We introduced a new workshop on hacking for an existing science-popularizing program at our university. The…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Valdemar Švábenský , Jan Vykopal

The history of humanhood has included competitive activities of many different forms. Sports have offered many benefits beyond that of entertainment. At the time of this article, there exists not a competitive ecosystem for cyber security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Jovonni L. Pharr

Artificial Intelligence is currently and rapidly changing the way organizations and businesses operate. Ethical leadership has become significantly important since organizations and businesses across various sectors are evolving with AI.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Udaya Chandrika Kandasamy

Classical cybersecurity is often perceived as a rigid science discipline filled with computer scientists and mathematicians. However, due to the rapid pace of technology development and integration, new criminal enterprises, new defense…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Emily Kesler

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly ubiquitous, the topic of AI governance for ethical decision-making by AI has captured public imagination. Within the AI research community, this topic remains less familiar to many…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-12-10 Han Yu , Zhiqi Shen , Chunyan Miao , Cyril Leung , Victor R. Lesser , Qiang Yang

Recent advances in AI applications have raised growing concerns about the need for ethical guidelines and regulations to mitigate the risks posed by these technologies. In this paper, we present a mixed-methods survey study - combining…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Wilder Baldwin , Sepideh Ghanavati , Manuel Woersdoerfer

Numerous toolkits have been developed to support ethical AI development. However, toolkits, like all tools, encode assumptions in their design about what work should be done and how. In this paper, we conduct a qualitative analysis of 27 AI…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Richmond Y. Wong , Michael A. Madaio , Nick Merrill

Research ethics in Information and Communications Technology has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. Although a number of general ethics standards have been issued, cyber security specifically has yet to see one. Furthermore,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-06 Robert B. Ramirez , Tomohiko Yano , Masaki Shimaoka , Kenichi Magata

Computing systems are tightly integrated today into our professional, social, and private lives. An important consequence of this growing ubiquity of computing is that it can have significant ethical implications of which computing…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Sudeep Pasricha , Marilyn Wolf

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and optimization hold substantial promise for improving the efficiency, reliability, and resilience of engineered systems. Due to the networked nature of many engineered systems, ethically…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Rosemarie Santa Gonzalez , Ryan Piansky , Sue M Bae , Justin Biddle , Daniel Molzahn

Cyber deception has recently received increasing attentions as a promising mechanism for proactive cyber defense. Cyber deception strategies aim at injecting intentionally falsified information to sabotage the early stage of attack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Zhuo Lu , Cliff Wang , Shangqing Zhao