Scientific Principles 

Understanding the Scientific Principles of relativism, objectivity, parsimony, skepticism, ethical neutrality, and determinism, I realize that cyber security is much more than ones and zeros. Cyber security is deeply rooted in scientific thinking. These principles shape the cyber security community when it comes to analyzing threats, coding defenses, and emergency responses to cyber incidents.  

Relativism in science means that knowledge is evaluated in comparison to other evidence. This relates to cyber security because threats and vulnerabilities are constantly changing, and new ones will always be found. What is a secure patch to an issue one day may not be that way the next. The security measures put in place relative to the current attack that is trying to be stopped. This is also true for new technologies and the risk environment the technology is at physically.   

Objectivity is essential in cyber security. Cyber analysts must rely on many different forms of evidence such as logs on the systems and network traffic, rather than assumptions. When investigating, they cannot rely on past experiences alone or what they think might be an issue.  Objectivity ensures that bias from any influence is not considered.  

Parsimony is the idea that the easiest answer is usually the best. When a network or system is not operating to optimal efficiency, it is often something straightforward to be troubleshot and fixed. When it comes to vulnerabilities, it is the cyber expert’s job to fix the issue quickly and the easiest way possible. This saves the company’s resources.  

Skepticism is something I would argue is the most important one. As the cyber professional, it is their job to question everything. Questing every email, links, and update can be a pivotal part of security measure for that company. Security teams constant testing of systems and questioning attitudes will help uncover hidden risks and mitigate successful attacks.  

Ethical neutrality reminds the cyber professionals to be apart from their work and do all work from the base of professional responsibility. Whether investigating a suspect, insider threats, or enforcing policies, the cyber professional must be neutral in all endeavors.  

Determinism shows that events do not happen randomly. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. When it comes to cyber space, the level of knowledge needed requires some type of determination to get the knowledge and attempt the attacks. Understanding that systems have a root cause. This will assist in the analysis of the incident and attempting to find the cause.  

Overall these scientific principles guide the mindsets of a cyber security professional. They promote evidence-based problem-solving skills through analysis. Viewing cyber security through a scientific lens shows that it is not just about technology. A cyber security professional’s job is to be critical thinking and use sound reasoning to be a continuous learner in this field.  

Data Breaches 

Reading the content on data-breaches is suitable for analytical purposes by researchers. There are many demographics that can be used to categorize individuals with data that have been leaked. Data leaks expose an individual’s information, sometimes small amounts of public information like emails and phone numbers. Sometimes it could be more detrimental with personal information such as social security numbers and date of birth and locations. These data breaches can help research identify patterns in the data and ways the data was leaked to attempt to prevent these things from happening again. Whether data is moved to use to find solutions or mitigate the loss of data. Researchers can use these to try and solve the seemingly never-ending issue in the day of technology we live in.