What uses of information technology might be considered improper or harmful to other individuals or society?

Failure to comply with rules, procedures, guidelines or regulations regarding information technology (IT) systems raises concerns about an individual's reliability and trustworthiness, and calls into question the person's willingness or ability to properly protect sensitive systems, networks, and information. Such behavior is sometimes part of a more general pattern of inability or unwillingness to follow rules that should also be evaluated under the Personal Conduct guideline.

Such behaviors include hacking, cracking, disseminating viruses, intellectual property theft, stalking, espionage, and even treason.