The protoscience of cybersecurity

I argue that marking a proper distinction between two types of research in the cybersecurity field obviates the present debate concerning a “science of cybersecurity.” Once the terminology has been properly disambiguated, the accurate descriptor for the current state of the practice of cybersecurity becomes apparent: it is a protoscience. Further, once a definition for ‘science’ is specified, it becomes clear that the protoscientific state is capable of trending in the proper direction, namely toward science and away from pseudoscience.

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Eric Hatleback (2017). "The protoscience of cybersecurity". The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation Applications Methodology Technology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548512917737635