The discipline of cybersecurity is an application of science. That is, professionals in the field frequently employ previously found knowledge and data to produce practical applications, the bulk of which take the form of technological breakthroughs. Social science (such as statistics), formal science (such as biology), and natural science (such as biology) are examples of other sorts of science (e.g., economics). The phrase “cybersecurity” refers to a broad group of technologies and methods used to protect computer networks, individual systems, and data against compromise. In many aspects, a good foundation in cybersecurity research is important to the understanding, development, and practical application of cybersecurity. The Australian Cyber Security Centre lists four cybersecurity principles:

• Govern: Identifying and managing security risks.
• Protect: Implementing controls to reduce security risks.
• Detect: Detecting and understanding cyber security events to identify cyber security incidents.
• Respond: Responding to and recovering from cyber security incidents.

The science of cybersecurity would rely on “predictive analytics, based on mining the data obtained by active or passive observations, network probes, honeypots, or direct encounters” to identify and respond to such threats.

https://www.cyber.gov.au/acsc/view-all-content/advice/cyber-security-principles