There are seven principles of science topics: relativism, objectivity, parsimony, empiricism, ethical neutrality, and determinism.
The principle of relativism explains how all things are related to one another. An example of this can be technology leading to cyberspace, new crime and security issues arising from this, etc.
Objectivity explains that it is easy to have personal views on different topics that may differ from one another, but you must be objective to fully understand and decide how to address them. If one’s opinion is included in the research it is not objective and therefore considered inconclusive. This can be elaborated on by one hacking other companies or if hack backing is ethical.
Over-researching and explaining can cause the research to be flawed as many may not understand what it means. Applying the parsimony principle can be easier if there is a simple explanation than applying this with social science as many want an in-depth explanation. Also, when explaining you increase the risk of letting those personal views also slip in. This can be tougher with social science topics like cybersecurity because finding an explanation for behavior without being objective or inserting one’s views relating to it is very vague and typically not useful to research.
Empiricism is when behavior is studied to the senses such as touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight. This can relate to cybersecurity as one can observe by sight any the senses need to be involved in the equation not belief. This gets rid of logic and derives solely from sensory experience.
When conducting research it is important to remain ethically neutral and uphold ethical standards. This also aids in the fact of objectively studying topics.
Last is determinism which states that behavior is caused or influenced by preceding events. This can mean that being bullied can cause people to become bullies and such to put it in terms related to social science.