Computer science security research and human subjects: emerging considerations for research ethics boards

Elizabeth Buchanan; John Aycock; Scott Dexter; David Dittrich; Erin Hvizdak

doi:10.1525/jer.2011.6.2.71

Computer science security research and human subjects: emerging considerations for research ethics boards

J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2011 Jun;6(2):71-83. doi: 10.1525/jer.2011.6.2.71.

Authors

Elizabeth Buchanan¹, John Aycock, Scott Dexter, David Dittrich, Erin Hvizdak

Affiliation

¹ Center for Applied Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI 54751, USA. buchanane@uwstout.edu

PMID: 21680978
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2011.6.2.71

Abstract

This paper explores the growing concerns with computer science research, and in particular, computer security research and its relationship with the committees that review human subjects research. It offers cases that review boards are likely to confront, and provides a context for appropriate consideration of such research, as issues of bots, clouds, and worms enter the discourse of human subjects review.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Computer Security / ethics*
Ethics Committees, Research*
Ethics, Research*
Human Experimentation / ethics*
Humans
Research Subjects*