Education at colleges, universities and professional institutes: After completing education at schools, a student may consider joining a college, or a professional institute for higher studies. He can acquire a bachelors or a masters degree, or he can join a professional institute to acquire expertise in specific discipline.
An acute shortage of cyber security experts is threatening the world. Everyone from your family to that astronaut on a space station is prone to a cyber attack.
Ever increasing dependence on the Internet and computer systems has made personal, national and global security more susceptible to criminals and terrorists. Hackers persevere tirelessly to siphon off money from people, banks and companies.
Terrorists aim at disrupting normal lives of governments and their peoples through cyber attacks.
Despite these grave threats, cyber security sadly remains relegated to the back seat of personal, corporate and national priorities. There are clear pointers that students who take cyber security courses stand to make excellent careers in government and private jobs.
Cyber security involves everything: from protecting your family’s privacy online to preventing illegal access to bank accounts, from securing data of small businesses to corporate giants, defending attacks against a country’s defense systems to unauthorized access to state secrets and complex aerospace program. It is not a mere cat-and-mouse game between good and bad guys as depicted in movies.
- Fresher: For undergraduates wanting to make careers in cyber security. These courses are recommended for students with an aptitude for complex calculations, formulae and computing.
- Professional: Qualified IT experts looking for a career shift or widen their skill offerings. These programs are tailored for people already working at IT departments of banks, companies and the government.
- Informal: Such courses are availed by younger students, housewives, senior citizens and anyone interested in basic cyber security. They aim at training people on protecting themselves and their family from online threats.
Courses for all three categories of students are offered in-campus (classroom) and online.
Professional courses are of two to four years duration. They involve extensive classroom, home and practical studies.
Microsoft Virtual Academy operated by Microsoft offers a wide array of 35 online certification courses in cyber security. They cover a broad spectrum of topics related to Microsoft Windows and related operating systems
