ISC2 Code of Ethics — CC Study Guide

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Included in this chapter:

Canon	Duty in plain terms	Who may file a complaint
1. Protect society	Put the public, public trust, and the infrastructure first	Any member of the public
2. Act honorably	Be honest, just, responsible, and legal	Any member of the public
3. Serve principals	Give diligent, competent service to your employer or client	Only a principal (employer or client)
4. Advance the profession	Protect and advance the cybersecurity profession	Only another certified professional

Cheat sheet

The ISC2 Code has exactly four Canons in a fixed order
Lower-numbered Canons take precedence in a conflict
Protect-society is Canon 1 and the usual default answer
A principal is your employer or client
Canon 2 makes acting legally part of acting ethically
The Code can demand more than the law requires
Strict adherence to the Code is a condition of certification
Complaint standing follows the Canon order
An ethics complaint must be a sworn affidavit
Canons are high-level on purpose, not a detailed rulebook
Concealing a public danger for an employer violates Canon 1
Canon 4 standing belongs to fellow professionals
You must report an observed Code breach by another member, or your inaction is itself a breach
Get written authorization defining scope before any penetration test
Canon III requires competent service, so build or defer expertise rather than wing it
Report an out-of-scope finding to the client without exploiting it

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