A Beginners’ Guide to Starting a Career in Cybersecurity

 

Now's a time to start a career in Cybersecurity as the demand for the same is increasing rapidly. Experts believe that the need for Cybersecurity experts is growing more urgent with the increase in cyber threats. Read this article to learn more about Cybersecurity and why you should choose this field.

What is Cybersecurity??

Cybersecurity is referred to as the practice of defending confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information for any organization. The role of a Cybersecurity expert is to protect computers, servers, mobile devices, data, networks, or any other electronic devices from malicious attacks.

 

Why the demand for Cybersecurity experts is increasing??

The demand for Cybersecurity experts is going to growing rapidly and will rise even more in 2021 as the organizations have gone online during the lockdown and exposed themselves to the cyber threat, as reported by Kaspersky. Amid the pandemic, when organizations took their business online, they became vulnerable to cyber fraud. And now, to eliminate the risk, companies are hiring Cybersecurity experts. 

 

Here are a few other reasons due to which their demand is increasing:

· The number of people using online devices is increasing exponentially every day.

· People who are not experienced with handling technology are online too.

· Almost all aspects of our lives are dependent on technology, making us extremely vulnerable to hackers.

· After the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, nearly all people took their financial transactions online.

· We still use outmoded and unsafe software.

 

Because of all the above-mentioned reasons, the job opportunities for Cybersecurity experts are increasing. And now, even the government is acquiring companies to protect their data. 

 

How it will affect job opportunities??

The most important question for all of us is how the increase in cyber frauds will affect job opportunities. Given the massive demand for digital protection, Cybersecurity employment will be full. In fact, we will see a shortage of Cybersecurity professionals in the upcoming few years, even if every professional had a job, millions of job positions will still be vacant. Anyone who has knowledge of Cybersecurity and is eligible will have a job. 

 

And, so this is the right time to acquire the skills of the cyber world. The individuals who are currently doing M.Tech in Cyber Security or any certification course are at an advantage as they will get many excellent job opportunities.

 

There are many roles available for Cybersecurity experts. Here are some of the common roles:

· Security Generalist

· IT Security Consultants

· Network Security Engineer

· Cloud Security Engineer

· Application Security

· Security Architecture

· Penetration Expert

· Forensic Analyst

· Cryptographer

· Security Trainer

· Security Analyst

· Cybersecurity Expert

 

How can you enter Cybersecurity??

1- To enter the Cybersecurity field, one has to acquire a Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity or a related field like Information Technology or Computer Science. 

2- After the completion of under-graduation, one can get an M.Tech in Cyber Security to get advanced knowledge. 

3- The people who wish to work with classified information should have security clearance. 

 

Now that you know how versatile and lucrative the Cybersecurity field is work your way into it and have incredible job opportunities. You can pursue all the courses from Marwadi University- it is one of the top universities in Gujarat. Moreover, MU was also awarded BEST ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF INDIA – WEST 2016.