05/26/2024
The Principles of Science are important when it comes to the social science framework. The principles include: relativism, objectivity, parsimony, skepticism, ethical neutrality, and determinism. Each of these can be described as:
Relativism – All things are related in some aspect and every point of view contributes in some way.
Objectivity – The study of topics without bias and science being used to objectively advance knowledge.
Parsimony – The act of keeping all levels of explanation simple for easier understanding.
Empiricism – Studying behavior that is real to the senses. The idea stems from the fact that cybercrime cannot be understood if opinions or hunches base our study and understanding.
Ethical Neutrality – When conducting research, ethical standards must be adhered to at all times to protect the rights of individuals.
Determinism – Behavior is likely caused, determined, or influenced by past events.
All six of these principles have correlation to cybersecurity, and many other fields that exist in the world. When viewing all of these, one can see how they interact or are performed within the cyber field. For instance, relativism is described as all things being related. Within the cyber field, many strongholds can be interrupted by criminals, such as hackers, that could cause economic problems. When this occurs, the fact that the economic fall happened because of the hackers, the attack shows that there is a relationship between the action and the result. One could see it as a “cause and effect” principle in some manner.
Moving forward, objectivity describes how studying topics without bias is important. Frankly, with this idea and the principles of empiricism and ethical neutrality, all of these can be seen when corporations need to study or analyze different spending patterns from economic conglomerates, such as banks or corporations with high expenditures. The ones who are conducting the research must adhere to the principles without bias toward the company, they must protect the rights of those that are involved with the study of the spending patterns in order to keep their rights protected and information stored securely, and the behavior that is being studied is real to the sense as the spending of funds can be see. As these behaviors are studied and the information needs to be disseminated to others, Parsimony needs to be practiced as the variables should be kept to the simplest terms possible.
Lastly, determinism can be related to both hackers and organizations as life trauma could move a hacker to perform a life of crime or an organization needs to recover from an attack and therefore sets up a better utilized security system. Determinism relates to how past events influence behavior, and it can be seen for both humans and business developments as well.