With Cybersecurity being an ever expanding field, the principles of science have to be applied for the practice to be legitimate. It also helps with general understanding and how the field relates to the multidisciplinary fields. Relativism is the understanding that all things are related. In the context of Cybersecurity, there are many fields that relate to it such as educational system relaying on technology to function, health care system evolving patient charting systems with the technology and the need for updated systems security, and how political systems can influence policy regarding the cybersecurity space. There are various societal systems that are related to the cybersecurity systems and technology.

Objectivity is a principle that promotes an opinion free assessment. This is laced into the research and study of cybersecurity, how the technology should be evolving to address criminal issues and their processes to prevent it. Objectivity principles will help with not letting opinions effect the process of academic research and implementation.

Parsimony is the principle of simplicity. Especially in the information technology field, cybersecurity included, it is very important to be very direct and straightforward. There has to be a need to pinpoint any questions around the field, such as wider societal factors that affect cybercrime.

Empiricism is the study of behavior which are only real to the senses. This is stressing the importance of verified facts, and not depending on opinions and gut reactions. In relation to cybersecurity it can be an assessment of raw data from a set, and implementing this to have actual value in a cybersecurity setting.

Ethical Neutrality is adhering to ethical standards when carrying out research. The relation to cybersecurity is empirically utilizing data in the social science realm, and asking the questions about ethical questions regarding cybersecurity. A classic question or battle is do we strive for ultimate security with no freedom or freedom with the risk of damages in a cybersecurity setting.

Determinism is a principle that means that behavior is cause or influenced by preceding events. This is brought up in the context of cybersecurity when there are questions about what groups of people would carry out internet crimes. Does their societal structure predetermine that they would carry out a cyber crime?

The NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity is a resource that helps employers develop their workforce. It provides guidelines and categories for various Cybersecurity work. In the selections, there is a diverse arena to select from, especially in pinpointing a specialty.

One category of the NICE Framework is the “Investigate” framework. The interesting specialty in this category is Digital Forensics, which entails collecting, processing, preserving, analyzing, and presenting computer-related evidence supporting network vulnerability mitigation and/or criminal, fraud, counterintelligence, or law enforcement investigations. This is intriguing because its implementing the skill of navigating various networking systems, understanding the vulnerabilities, investigating an intrusion if it happened and how it was done. In my continuing education, the actual ground floor duties of a position that would have this title may not be as actionable as I am imagining, but the idea of it is interesting.

Having to pinpoint as least appealing framework for me doesn’t mean I won’t learn about it or be curious about how it works, so in selecting the category doesn’t mean I would avoid it at all costs. I would choose in the category framework of Operate and Maintain, Customer Service and Technical Support. This position addresses problems within a systems, and appeals to customer requirements for the system, assuming this is a cybersecurity system. Having worked in customer support in various fashions previously, it is not something I would want to get back into. Just to be optimistic and positive, if I were to find myself working in such a position, I would use the opportunity to learn about customer issues, its important to know where there may be issues on the customer interface. Learning this would allow me to gain experience and address the problem in the future.