SecAppDev 2026 lecture details
Cybersecurity and ethics
Cybersecurity shapes society. This talk shows how ethical frameworks can guide security analysis and design. It covers harms to privacy and property, transparency and disclosure, and AI impacts, all based on real-world cases.
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Abstract
Cybersecurity is playing an increasing role in shaping modern society. This talk introduces key ethical frameworks—virtue ethics, deontology, and utilitarianism — and demonstrates how they can guide cybersecurity analysis and system design. It examines harms to privacy and property, addresses issues of transparency and disclosure, and considers the growing impact of artificial intelligence. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated with real-world cases.
Key takeaway
An increasingly digital society implies that software developers are facing more ethical issues; this requires critical reflection.
Content level
Introductory
Target audience
Developer, architect, manager, researcher
Prerequisites
None
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Bart Preneel
Full professor, COSIC - University of Leuven
Expertise: Applied cryptography, privacy, cybersecurity policy
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