How does the principles of social science relate to cybersecurity?
The principles of social science are relativism, objectivity, parsimony, empiricism, ethical neutrality, and determinism. Relativism is the idea that everything is related, or a change in one system that can cause a change in another system. Relativism is related to cybersecurity because anything that changes in technology also makes changes in cybersecurity, for example education systems rely on technology more and more which means more cyber threats. Objectivity is the idea that everything is based on facts and knowledge without being bias. This is important for cybersecurity professionals doing research, to make sure all information is objective. Empiricsm is very similar to objectivity, it’s about having the facts that you can touch, hear, see, smell, or taste. This is important in cybersecurity and cybercrime when conducting informtion such as forensics. Parsimony is the idea that everything should be kept in the simpliest form so it’s better understood. If information is kept in the simpliest form then it can easly be tested, which means that can help improve theories. Ethical Neutrality is the understanding that research conducted by scientist must follow ethical standards. This is important to cybersecurity because it determines how far a scientist can when conducting research, for example collecting too much data from indiviuals. Determinism is the idea the behavior is influenced by preceding events. This is important to cybersecurity because it can reseachers better undertstand why someone commit crime and get down to the root cause.