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As artificial intelligence and advanced weapons systems evolve, researchers and engineers face a difficult ethical question: should they participate in defense-related work at all? In this article, Chuck Gallagher examines why stepping away from defense research is not always the morally clean answer it appears to be. Drawing on insights from IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, the piece explores accountability, the duty to inform, and why ethical voices inside the room may matter more than criticism from outside it.

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When critical infrastructure cyber incidents occur, organizations often focus on technology failures, malicious actors, or inadequate monitoring. Yet the most significant vulnerability may be much closer to home. As insider threats continue to drive a growing share of operational technology breaches, defense contractors and critical infrastructure operators face a deeper challenge: building cultures where employees feel safe speaking up before small mistakes become major security events. In this article, Chuck Gallagher explores why insider risk is fundamentally an ethics issue and why trust may be the most important cybersecurity control organizations have.

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