Cyber security and science are very closely related. Cyber security is very dependent on many scientific practices and study methods to properly combat attacks and protect data. For instance, the use of predictive analytics. This tool is crucial to cyber defenses and is reliant on the use of other scientific research, like the scientific method. Creating questions through observations, formulating a hypothesis, testing them, and creating an analysis to determine the results. Using these methods, we can create theoretical tools to potentially predict when an attack may occur and be better prepared to defend against them. We can also design a better software infrastructure to eliminate system weaknesses and liabilities, through our findings.

The use of social sciences is also a key factor in cyber security. The largest security flaw/risk in cyber security is the human aspect. Being able to understand why a cyberattack happens and how we can prevent them is key. Understanding people and social structures better have become essentially the more technology advances. Why someone may commit cybercrime and how to better educate those around us about the potential threats, is one of the responsibilities associated with cyber security.

Biology has also started to play more of a role. A lot of technology we use every day can be accessed through fingerprints, facial recognition, etc. Being able to understand how that biological data can be manipulated and used against your systems is just another evolving risk. The use of DNA to access sensitive information is a serious risk that has begun to surface.