Career In IT Security

Question

Sir i want to make my career in cyber security and need to know about its scope in india.

Vidya Vrat Agarwal · Answer

Hello Sandeep, Your question is very high level and it doesn't clearly mentions what is your background and strength in area of Security. Anyways, in my view all fields have scope and security has always been a niche area. Here are some options: 1- Ethical Hacker - If you have interest in network/protocols/tools/low level system programming; but in a constructive way then this is a good field. Other angle of it' leads to criminal activities and can land someone into very troublesome situations. That's why Ethical :) 2- Security Auditing - Many IT Companies and organizations which has some sort of access to user data or deal with intake and storage of user's critical data or PII (Personal Identifiable Information) for instance, domains like healthcare, insurance, finance etc. such organizations have to be in compliance with security audits. 3- Security Testing - This is completely into software testing; using tools to hack or penetrate the application from security angle and identifying areas in software which are open to threats. You may have to identify some institutions which teach or train such security areas/courses. Many times people transition from one role to another. For instance, a software test engineer or manager who has done Security/penetration testing can become a good resource for Security Audit related profile/job. Hope this helps. Best Wishes.

Rahul Chavan · Answer

Go through below links which may help you. http://cybersecuritymis.blogspot.in/p/cyber-security-as-career.html http://www.techsapiunt.com/cyber-security-as-a-career/

Shakti Singh Dulawat · Answer

I am not much expert in this but I found that https://www.quora.com/How-does-the-Government-of-India-hire-cyber-security-experts this is how Government hire cyber security expert you can give a try on it And according to IT industry body Nasscom Increasing incidents of cyber attacks and data protection efforts globally are expected to create $35 billion revenue opportunity and employment opportunities for about a million professionals by 2025 for India. ALL THE BEST :)