Integrity and intellectual property

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On some of my mailing lists I have seen messages recently that suggest that persons are willing to send and receive copyright materials.

Exercise extreme caution when offering or accepting study materials that are not in their *original* form. If you transmit or receive electronic (or paper) copies of copyright materials such as study guides or study questions, there is a good chance that both the sender and receiver are breaking international copyright laws, which is both a crime as well as a violation of the ISACA Code of Ethics.

Sending or accepting such materials also compromises your personal and professional integrity. This will make you ineffective as IT audit professionals and leaders. See these two articles for more information:

Personal integrity: the keystone in an infosec career

A call for character and integrity

The road of higher integrity is not always the easy road. Taking the path of high integrity requires sacrifice and it is often difficult. You will, however, be a better person for it, both personally and professionally. And your conscience will allow you to sleep at night!

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