2.2 – Discussion: Whistle-blower

2.2 – Discussion: Whistle-blower

Topic Scenario
whistle with zipper.jpgImagine

the following ethical dilemma: You work for a private contracting company that provides cybersecurity services to a US government agency. Your position pays six figures. You become aware that your company is cheating the government and not providing the agreed-upon services. You also learn that the company is falsely billing the government for work that is not being done. You are now in the position of choosing whether or not you will be a “whistle-blower”.

Discuss
What are your considerations and concerns?
Who will you go to and report if you decide to inform authorities about the misdeeds?
What laws are being broken?
How will you protect yourself from retaliation by the company?
What actions will you take?
Review the Sans Institute Ethics Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to better assist you as you develop your discussion.

Post & Engage
Make every attempt to post your initial response by the middle of the module week. After posting your response, review your classmates’ posts and make a thoughtful and substantive response to at least two others by the end of the module week.

Refer to the discussion rubric for detailed grading criteria.

Solution Preview

In the world of Cybersecurity, a whistleblower is a member of the company who is in charge of detecting the flaws in the company’s network security then brings forth the problem to the management. In most cases, the whistleblower is brushed off and is never taken seriously. Most of the time they end up being harassed, fired or demoted.

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