Information Security Education Journal Jane Blanken-Webb, Ryan Cloutier 7 2 2020 https://doi.org/10.6025/isej/2020/7/2/31-39 https://www.dline.info/isej/fulltext/v7n2/isejv7n2_1.pdf This paper addresses mounting calls for ethical inquiry in cybersecurity by proposing consideration of the ethics of care as a guiding philosophical framework. It offers a general introduction to the ethics of care in relation to cybersecurity, followed by a targeted discussion of care ethics’ unique contribution as a philosophical framework for considering cybersecurity’s position at the edge of technological innovation. From there, the paper puts forth a firsthand example, based on the second author’s personal experience as a cybersecurity professional, demonstrating a lived experience of the ethic of care in the midst of professional practice in cybersecurity. This opens into broader consideration of a fundamental ethical paradox in cybersecurity, discussed through the lens of the ethics of care, followed by discussion of the significance of the relational context—or ethos—that surrounds ethical action in cybersecurity education and practice. In closing, the paper proposes that the field of cybersecurity is inherently linked with care.