The job market for cybersecurity experts has doubled during this pandemic. All big companies need cybersecurity professionals. According to IBM, India will need 1.48 million cybersecurity professionals by next year and the supply is only a small fraction of the demand.
As companies struggled to create work-from-home set-ups for employees, the one aspect that was neglected by most was cybersecurity. With employees logging in from devices outside the perimeter of their company’s cybersecurity net, systems have become vulnerable.
New domains of cybersecurity are opening up, increasing the scope of employment. Cybersecurity skills are required for ethical hacking, threat auditing and assessment, security operation centers, incident response, IoT security, privacy, healthcare, biometrics, vulnerability assessment, and many other areas.
Those wanting to specialize in cybersecurity should initially focus on one of the domains.
Cybersecurity is a multidisciplinary field that is still evolving. To become an expert, you must have a passion to keep learning.
Computer science or an IT degree is not a prerequisite for a career in cybersecurity. One of the cybersecurity heads of CISCO is a BA in history from Calcutta University. Cybersecurity teams need people from diverse backgrounds.
Hacking is not a negative word. Bad hackers use their knowledge of computer systems for bad purposes, ethical hackers plug the vulnerabilities. Every big company needs ethical hackers to protect itself from cyber-attacks.
Protecting the country’s critical infrastructure, like hospitals, roads, and information networks, from faceless, borderless enemies is also a part of cybersecurity.
Cryptography, analytics, statistics, law, forensics, AI, ML, IoT, and communication protocols are all interlinked with cybersecurity. The subject is boundary-less, hence students need to be all-rounders.
Cybersecurity jobs are demanding and are typically not 9-to-5.
Cybersecurity training is mostly hands-on, hence access to good labs are important. Cybersecurity professionals should make use of online courses offered by the best institutes in the world.
Cybersecurity is important even at a personal level. Using licensed software, passphrases with special characters and numbers, and doing sensitive transactions over VPN are important.
The job market for cybersecurity experts has doubled during this pandemic. All big companies need cybersecurity professionals. According to IBM, India will need 1.48 million cybersecurity professionals by next year and the supply is only a small fraction of the demand.
As companies struggled to create work-from-home set-ups for employees, the one aspect that was neglected by most was cybersecurity. With employees logging in from devices outside the perimeter of their company’s cybersecurity net, systems have become vulnerable.
New domains of cybersecurity are opening up, increasing the scope of employment. Cybersecurity skills are required for ethical hacking, threat auditing and assessment, security operation centers, incident response, IoT security, privacy, healthcare, biometrics, vulnerability assessment, and many other areas.
Those wanting to specialize in cybersecurity should initially focus on one of the domains.
Cybersecurity is a multidisciplinary field that is still evolving. To become an expert, you must have a passion to keep learning.
Computer science or an IT degree is not a prerequisite for a career in cybersecurity. One of the cybersecurity heads of CISCO is a BA in history from Calcutta University. Cybersecurity teams need people from diverse backgrounds.
Hacking is not a negative word. Bad hackers use their knowledge of computer systems for bad purposes, ethical hackers plug the vulnerabilities. Every big company needs ethical hackers to protect itself from cyber-attacks.
Protecting the country’s critical infrastructure, like hospitals, roads, and information networks, from faceless, borderless enemies is also a part of cybersecurity.
Cryptography, analytics, statistics, law, forensics, AI, ML, IoT, and communication protocols are all interlinked with cybersecurity. The subject is boundary-less, hence students need to be all-rounders.
Cybersecurity jobs are demanding and are typically not 9-to-5.
Cybersecurity training is mostly hands-on, hence access to good labs are important. Cybersecurity professionals should make use of online courses offered by the best institutes in the world.
Cybersecurity is important even at a personal level. Using licensed software, passphrases with special characters and numbers, and doing sensitive transactions over VPN are important.
Head, Dept. of Emerging Technology & VR/AR/MR/XR, MAKAUT
Prof. Samir Mukherjee has thirty years of experience in technology and communication, having helped create studios and media facilities, aside from running two media companies. He has been the Head of Dept. of Media Science & Emerging Technology in different University for almost a decade where he has been researching on the possibilities of combining digital media and education with emerging technologies like OTT, IoT, Cloud Computing, AR/VR/MR/XR. He has an interest in blending art and culture with the new waves of digital media. He is a part of various international VR/AR and IT-related institutions in Europe, China, Malaysia, and India. He is also a regular speaker at international conferences including Beijing, Shanghai & different part of China, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, & of course different part of India. He is an acknowledged leader in VR/AR/MR/XR Education. India has the largest youth population trained and ready to experiment with emerging technology. He is looking at around 100 Engineering Institutes to partner with and begins a series of training and integration programs to create a new generation adept at implementing AR/VR into pre-existing media outlets. We are also working with start-ups looking at innovative solutions to traditional problems in order to create a sustainable ecosystem for AR/VR and emerging technology.
Colonel Inderjeet Singh
Chief Cyber Security Officer
Colonel Inderjeet Singh is the Chief Cyber Security Officer at Vara Technology. In this role, he is instrumental in building the Cyber Security Business Unit for the Group. He is working on the disruptive technologies in the Cyber Security Space for securing IT networks, Smart cities, and Critical Information Infrastructure.
He served in the Indian Army, is Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Symbiosis Institute of Management, Pune. He is an experienced Info Systems professional with experience of more than 29+ years across a wide spectrum of areas spanning Cyber Security, Cyber Forensics, Cyber Warfare, Cyber Terrorism, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Blockchain, Cryptonomics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Cities.
He has been consistently been awarded while in Army and was awarded "Magnificent CIO of the Year "Award in the year 2016 and “Excellence Award” by International Police Commission (IPC) in the year 2019, 50 Innovative Leaders Award 2020 and Cyber Security Leadership Award 2020
Mr. Akash Agarwal
Regional Director (IMEA)
As Regional Director of India, the Middle East and Africa (IMEA), Mr. Agarwal, is responsible for leading the EC Council’s business operations in information security, training, and certifications for business acceleration. He is also responsible for managing all the direct businesses for EC-Council, globally.
Over a career spanning more than 23 years, he has built capacity, established footprint, and created awareness in the field of Information Technology and specifically Information Security. He loves teaching and interacting with the students. He has also taught in various universities as a visiting faculty and has been advisors to several start-ups.
An IIM – Ahmedabad Alumnus, Akash holds an engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Marketing and Finance and is based in Hyderabad, India office.
Mr. Nirupam Sen
Business Head - East Region
Mr. Sen has 20+ years of industry experience and is currently associated with the British Standards Group as Business Head – East. He is the profit center head of BSI in Eastern India, He has extensive know-how in capacity building and auditing of management systems like- Information Security, Business Continuity, Risk Management, and Quality Management
He has experience in certifications of organizations with best practices like ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 22301 across all industry verticals.
An MBA in Systems by profession, he is also a certified lead auditor in Information Security, IT Service Management, and Quality Management. He also holds an IBM-Advance Certificate in Software Engineering and is currently pursuing his Work Integrated Learning Programme from BITS Pilani.
Memberships of Institutions
Member- Special Interest Group- NASSCOM – for the promotion of Cyber Security Awareness
Member – BCI Forum Kolkata- focussing on Business Continuity in the East
Mr. Koushik Nath
Security Architect
Mr. Nath has 23+ years of experience in Information security and currently, he is working as Security Architect at Cisco Systems.
Mr. Nath has extensive exposure as a security solution architect in Cloud, Data Center, and Cyber Security technologies. Mr. Nath has helped build a digitization roadmap for organizations to adopt changes and achieve digital maturity.
Mr. Nath has been instrumental in building digital & security blueprint for countries to drive growth and e-governance. He has experience in leading and consulting implementation of security operation centers, security architecture best practices, Incident Response, RED team assessment, Malware, and Forensic Analysis.
Mr. Nath is a regular speaker in conferences such as ISACA, ISC2, NASSCOM, DSCI, CII, and Infocom. He has been visiting multiple Engineering and Management Institutes for sessions on Cyber Security and consulting on creating the Center of Excellence. At CII, he is the Co-Chair for Startups and Entrepreneurship subcommittee for the eastern region.
Mr. Nath is currently CISSP, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ITILv3, and ISO 10012:2017 certified. He is also a certified Blockchain professional, certified DevSecOps engineer, and Cyber Range Instructor.
Mr. Glebov Oleg
Executive Director
Mr. Oleg Glebov is an international business development professional with a strong technical background who helped to establish new business and ensure predictable growth for international and regional organizations (DACH, LATAM, Middle East, APAC, EMEA). With 13+ years of experience in IT/information security management, he has repeatedly demonstrated his qualities of a complex problem solver, cognitive flexibility, negotiation, critical thinking, and decision-making.
Earned Master of Science (Cyber Security) degree in Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) where he got fundamental security and cryptography knowledge. Step by step he passed from system administrator to well-known Security expert and a leader of a new line of business for international companies. 9 years of close work with global vendors (HP, SUN, IBM, CheckPoint, Cisco, McAfee) and their representatives in EMEA gave him a deep specialization in enterprise security strategy development (SOC, GRC, ISO 27001, SIEM).
Jaydip Sen
Professor
Prof. Jaydip Sen - B.E ( Jadavpur University), M.Tech (ISI, Kolkata), Pursuing Ph.D. in Information Privacy in IoT, has close to two decades of industry and 5 years of teaching experience. Prof. Sen worked as a Senior Scientist at TCS Innovation Labs after stints with Akamai Technologies, ONGC, and Hindustan Motors. His areas of interest include Advanced Statistical Modeling, Data Mining, Graph Theory, Discrete Math, and Internet Technologies. Has consulted extensively with Industry clients and has published in referenced journals. Prof. Sen has taught at NIST Bhubaneswar and was the HOD of Information Technology and Systems at CBS before joining Praxis.
Mr. Nirupam Sen
Business Head - East Region
Mr. Sen has 20+ years of industry experience and is currently associated with the British Standards Group as Business Head – East. He is the profit center head of BSI in Eastern India, He has extensive know-how in capacity building and auditing of management systems like- Information Security, Business Continuity, Risk Management, and Quality Management
He has experience in certifications of organizations with best practices like ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 22301 across all industry verticals.
An MBA in Systems by profession, he is also a certified lead auditor in Information Security, IT Service Management, and Quality Management. He also holds an IBM-Advance Certificate in Software Engineering and is currently pursuing his Work Integrated Learning Programme from BITS Pilani.
Memberships of Institutions
Member- Special Interest Group- NASSCOM – for the promotion of Cyber Security Awareness
Member – BCI Forum Kolkata- focussing on Business Continuity in the East
