One million job openings and counting… it’s Cybersecurity

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According to ‘NASSCOM-DSCI: Growing Cybersecurity Industry Roadmap for India’ report, the global Cybersecurity market is expected to reach approximately $190 billion by 2025. The Cybersecurity Task force has charted out a vision to grow the Indian Cybersecurity products and services industry to $35 billion, create one million jobs and 1,000 start-ups in this sector by 2025.

As per a report from ISC2 work force study, the global requirement for cybersecurity professional is around 3 million, with around 2 million requirements in the Asia-Pacific region alone. In the last couple of years, the jobs in this domain have grown three times faster than other IT roles. A World Economic Forum report indicates that the workforce-skills gap is more pronounced in cybersecurity than anywhere else. According to cybersecurity ventures, it is an industry with zero percent unemployment rate. In the video below, PM Shri Narendra Modi highlights the need for cybersecurity and how India should come up with solutions to meet the challenge posed by this threat of “bloodless war”.

Secure your future with cybersecurity

The exponential growth of cyber incidents means that cybersecurity can no longer be isolated to IT departments – it needs to be addressed across all functions of an organisation or business. Companies are looking to employ people with a skillset beyond Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Technology as a solution to the recurring cases of cybersecurity lapses.

Get a Degree in Cybersecurity

‘If a college student asked me what career would most assure 50 years of steady, well-paying employment, I would say cybersecurity. The growth is steep, the need will be sustained, and this need currently comes up against a major talent shortage.’

Alec Ross, author of The Industries of the Future

NMIMS Deemed to be University has always been in the forefront to recognize and address the need of the industry in every sector. With their pulse on the current scenario, their program, B. Tech in Cybersecurity, focus on producing talents in this much needed and emerging field.

When technology was a toddler and growing to the stage of teenager:

The program is designed in consultation with the industry to meet the needs of employers. It will provide an opportunity to pursue international certifications like Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), CCNA Security etc., which are approved by the US Department of Defence. A strong industry interface, which is the USP of NMIMS Deemed to be University, will ensure that the students passing out are industry ready and an asset to the companies hiring them.

The admission to this program is through their entrance exam, NMIMS-NPAT. Register and enroll now for a soaring career as a cybersecurity professional.


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