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SCOPE AND FUTURE OF CYBER SECURITY IN INDIA

DIGITAL INDIA – SECURING DIGITAL INDIA

INTRODUCTION:

As we all are moving and working towards Digitized India with cyber security, we need to focus and care about our security also. Being everything Digitized these days, someone needs to protect it to keep our information safe and clear.

What’s the Need?

Things are were very different in past decade when compared today, Technology is ameliorating day by day
As we all are obsessed with IOT and Robotics environment in day to day life, we need to know how to use and how not to in a Workplace and also in Personal Spaces.
So here comes our Cyber security Personnel to do securing and preventing all each and every time when there is a threat.
Information Technology field associated with CS will be at high peak in the upcoming years, Domestic IT mammoth like Infosys, Wipro and global players are also betting on cyber security in the upcoming years.
Increase in threats and danger for Data and information Cyber security professionals will be high demand in the upcoming years, while Machine learning and AI are eliminating low level and mid level engineers it is very much needed for human intervention to take critical Decisions.

EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GROWTH :

  • ISACA, a global authority estimated a shortage of more than 2 million cyber security professionals globally by 2019
    Multiple MNCs are hiring Cyber security professionals to Safeguard them from Attacks and breaches.
  • According to a survey, by 2022 there will be a humongous growth from $170 Billion to $232 Billion is expected in cyber security market.
  • The average income per Employee in Cyber Security field will be averagely 6 to 8 Lakhs Per Annum. White Hat Hackers are the guys who will be receiving High amount of Income in the industry of IT.
  • India is lacking Skilled Cyber security Professionals, while the companies are willing to pay a premium salary of 1.5 to 4 crore to top talent.

FIELDS AND PATH IN CYBER SECURITY?

  • RISK ASSESSMENT
  • SECURITY ARCHITECT
  • GOVERNANCE
  • THREAT INTELLIGENCE
  • SECURITY OPERATION
  • CAREER DEVELOPMENT
  • PHYSICAL SECURITY
  • USER EDUCATION
  • FRAMEWORK & STANDARDS.

RISK ASSESMENT: This is the first domain every one should know when they step into cyber security field, This domain will Give you the path to be a professional in Risk Assessment, and one who wants to be In Vulnerability assessment and Penetration Testing. Red Teaming, Source Code Inspecting, Application, infrastructure all comes under this domain.

SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: This domain will enlighten us with the topics of Network Design, Identity management, Access control, Baseline Configuration, Secure System build, Cryptography, Security Engineering, Cloud Security also comes under this domain.

GOVERNANCE : This is the Right Path for the ones who is passionate into Laws and Regulations, Auditing, Supervisory Procedures, Reports and scorecards, Guidelines, Policy, procedures, standards,
Compliances and Enforcement. They are the guys who decide the standards and set of rules and procedures to work.

THREAT INTELLIGENCE: They are the guys who possess Internal and external threats to an organization, with rule sets and intelligence sharing.
SECURITY OPERATION: This domain Mostly works in a defensive perspective like Vulnerability Management, Recovery, SOC, Incident Response, Detection, Protection, Active Defence, Data Leakage, Investigation, and Forensics also fall under this category of Domain.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Human Resourcing and Development of the Organization Comes under this Domain to Undertake Training, Peer Groups, Self Study, Conferences, Certification.

PHYSICAL SECURITY: Physical Perimeter Security and Access control Systems like Bio metrics will fall under this Physical Security Category.

USER EDUCATION: Training and creating awareness of New skills and Threats to the employees and users of the organizations.

FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS: This domain gives you life in Determining and Implementing Standards in an organization like ISO, COBIT, NIST, SANS

WHAT A NEWBIE SHOULD DO?

Hacking is a thing that People Fantasized into some crazy stuffs, it’s not the real fun it have more technical Stuffs in it, Coding, Programming (Eg.Python) and Data analytics are also playing a role in the field of Cyber Security.

So, if you are really looking forward to be in this Mystery field then You Should Go on Basic Study in Information Security Courses like
1. B.Tech Cyber Security.
2. Bsc. Information Security
3. Post Graduation Diploma in Cyber Security
4. Basic Certifications like Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) From a reputed Institution and Organization.

We are Also Providing Lot of Training and Certifications from EC-Council, ISACA, CISCO etc. You can take a look at our website here

CONCLUSION:
Those who really want to be in Cyber Security in India they can also find their career in Government Sector Also like Military and defense security, I can assure they have brighter future ahead.

If You are choosing this Field just because you don’t have job or you are expecting to earn more money with this, I can suggest you that you should go with some other plans not cyber security
With this intent you are not going to last in this field for long.

Cyber Security is the field where you have to learn Regularly to upgrade yourself and your carrer in a positive way regarding Computer Threats and security.
If You are Really Passionate into Cyber Security Then you will be in the right path once you have chosen this right thing.
All the Best for Every new aspirants and one who seek into this field as their new career.

Thank you all,
See you Again, Bye Bye!!

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