Literature and References#

Foundational Ethics Frameworks#

Menlo Report (2012)#

Title: The Menlo Report: A Report to the U.S. Government on Research Ethics in Information and Communication Technology

Belmont Report (1979)#

Title: The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research

Research Papers on S&P Ethics#

Towards Community Standards for Ethical Behavior in Computer Security Research (Stevens CS Technical Report 2009)#

Authors: David Dittrich, Michael Bailey, and Sven Dietrich.

Building an active computer security ethics community (IEE S&P 2009)#

Authors: David Dittrich, Michael Bailey, and Sven Dietrich

The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work (USENIX Security 2016)#

Author: Phillip Rogaway

Presentation: https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity16/technical-sessions/presentation/rogaway

Ethics in Security Research: Visions, Reality, and Paths Forward (International Workshop on Ethics in Computer Security 2022)#

Authors: Yiming Zhang, Mingxuan Liu, Mingming Zhang, Chaoyi Lu, and Haixin Duan

Ethical Frameworks and Computer Security Trolley Problems: Foundations for Conversations (USENIX 2023)#

Authors: Tadayoshi Kohno, Yasemin Acar, Wulf Loh

Where Are the Red Lines? Towards Ethical Server-Side Scans in Security and Privacy Research (IEEE S&P 2023)#

Authors: Florian Hantke; Sebastian Roth, Rafael Mrowczynski, Christine Utz, and Ben Stock

Don’t Patch the Researcher, Patch the Game: A Systematic Approach for Responsible Research via Federated Ethics Boards (NSPW 2024)#

Authors: Alexandra Dirksen, Sebastian Giessler, Hendrik Erz, Martin Johns, and Tobias Fiebig

Ethics in Computer Security Research: A Data-Driven Assessment of the Past, the Present, and the Possible Future (CCS 2025)#

Authors: Harshini Sri Ramulu, Helen Schmitt, Bogdan Rerich, Rachel Gonzalez Rodriguez, Tadayoshi Kohno, Yasemin Acar

Controversial Papers Referenced in Community#

On the Feasibility of Stealthily Introducing Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Software via Hypocrite Commits (IEEE S&P 2021)#

Authors: Qiushi Wu and Kangjie Lu

Statement: There was a public statement from the PC chairs.