CREDS 2014 - International Workshop on Cyber-security Research Ethics Dialog & Strategy

The future of online trust, innovation & self-regulation is threatened by a widening gap between users’ expectations, formed by laws and norms, and the capacity for great benefits and harms generated by technological advances. As this gap widens, so too does ambiguity between asserted rights and threats. How do we close this gap and thereby lower risks, while also instilling trust in online activities? The solution embraces fundamental principles of ethics to guide our decisions in the midst of information uncertainty.
This workshop anchors off of discussions, themes, and momentum generated from the inaugural CREDS 2013 workshop. Specifically, it targets the shifting roles, responsibilities, and relationships between Researchers, Ethical Review Boards, Government Agencies, Professional Societies, and Program Committees in incentivizing and overseeing ethical research. Its objective is to spawn dialogue and practicable solutions around the following proposition: Building a more effective research ethics culture is a prerequisite for balancing research innovation (i.e., academic freedom, reduced burdens and ambiguities) with public trust (i.e., respect for privacy and confidentiality, accountability, data quality), so we explore the pillars of such a culture as well as the strategies that might be adopted to incorporate them into research operations.
CREDS II invites case studies, research experience and position papers that explore the following questions: ? What leadership should be engaged (i.e., institutional, government, peer groups), and what should their respective roles and responsibilities be? ? What education and awareness is needed? ? What information sharing/coordination needs to be improved: among researchers, among oversight entities, and between researchers and oversight entities? ? What knowledge and technology-transfer mechanisms can meet stated needs?