{"id":18,"date":"2025-01-30T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/?p=18"},"modified":"2025-04-27T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T15:38:14","slug":"journal-entry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/2025\/01\/30\/journal-entry-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38091\/2025\/01\/master-of-science-in-cyber-security.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38091\/2025\/01\/master-of-science-in-cyber-security.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38091\/2025\/01\/master-of-science-in-cyber-security.jpg 680w, https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38091\/2025\/01\/master-of-science-in-cyber-security-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apu.edu.my\/our-courses\/postgraduate-studies\/masters-degree-programmes\/master-science-cyber-security\">https:\/\/www.apu.edu.my\/our-courses\/postgraduate-studies\/masters-degree-programmes\/master-science-cyber-security<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explain how the principles of science [Empiricism, Determinism, Parsimony, Objectivity etc.,] relate to cybersecurity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a social science, the principles of science (such as empiricism, skepticism, parsimony, determinism, etc.) still apply when it comes to cybersecurity. Some aspects can be more difficult to conclude at times, as opposed to natural science counterparts, since there can be more gray areas in social science disciplines. However, when we consider the principle of skepticism, for example, we can consider and question aspects of a cybersecurity incident or an implementation of a system: How reliable is the data? Could it be a false positive\/negative? Could the data be manipulated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another example could be the principle of parsimony. As cybersecurity professionals, it works in our favor to simplify our systems, documentation, and our communication to non-tech personnel. Simplification makes sure that everyone can understand a system, or the results of a report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the principles of science, and applying them to cybersecurity as a social science helps build strong, understandable systems in an ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a social science, the principles of science (such as empiricism, skepticism, parsimony, determinism, etc.) still apply when it comes to cybersecurity. Some aspects can be more difficult to conclude at times, as opposed to natural science counterparts, since there can be more gray areas in social science disciplines.  <a href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/2025\/01\/30\/journal-entry-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30342,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ptuni001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}