In science, there are many kinds of principles that serve as a guiding tool for what we can
understand and how we can understand various things. These principles can help us through our
scientific world, but can also help us through other avenues as well. Take cybersecurity for
example. There are many ways that scientific principals can relate to cybersecurity. There is the
principle of empiricism which explains how science can rely on what it sees and what comes
across from experiments rather than believing in theories wholeheartedly. In cybersecurity, this
relates to how when observing a system, it is best to see that a system is secure by running tests
and looking at logs rather than assuming that a system is okay. There is also the principle of
reproducibility which is in how scientific discoveries must be able to be replicated under the
same conditions in order to prove the findings. In cybersecurity, this relates to how when testing
a system and its vulnerabilities, a similar environment needs to be used to make sure that the
threat is best understood and can be mitigated most accurately. Another principle of science is
falsifiability. This entails how a hypothesis must be testable in a certain realm that it can be
shown as wrong in order to show it is valid in its findings. It helps clarify if something is true or
will just always be proven correct. In cybersecurity, this principle can relate to how a hypothesis
can be proven wrong through things such as security tests in order to make sure that the system
can’t be penetrated or broken through. Another principle of science is in objectivity which is to
have scientific findings and results be free from personal bias in order to make sure the data can
stand on its own. Cybersecurity makes use of this principle in how any potential security issues
must be treated objectively in order to identify and fix the problem. Scientific findings also must

be evaluated through peer review before being fully publicized. Cybersecurity research can also
go through peer review in making sure every piece of data is correct and reviewed by experts
before presenting to conferences and leaders. Science also followed a more structured system
through Systematic Methodology to allow its methods to be easily readable and applied to the
problem. Cybersecurity does the same through the established frameworks within the
community. Occam’s Razor is also a fascinating principle of science in how the easiest
explanation is usually the best explanation for findings. Often, with cybersecurity issues, the
easiest explanations are looked at first to make sure it isn’t an easily fixable issue. Finally, with
scientific research there is always the potential for Continuous Revision. This would mean with
any potential new evidence, there is the chance that existing findings can be updated and revised
to account for the new information. In cybersecurity, it is a growing technological world that
must update to any new potential threats and issues. With technology growing more advanced,
our methods of protection must also advance as well. Overall, with scientific principles, they
provide the structure of the field of scientific research and how we observe science to this very
day. These principles also guide the foundation for cybersecurity and help to make sure that any
potential decision can be based on recognizable and distinct principles to allow for validation and
be adaptable for the ever changing technological world.