Focus on Advance Persistent Threats, says Prof. Chaudhury
Emerging technologies like Cybersecurity are crucial for India’s self-reliance in national digital security and youth empowerment by bringing together the best of Indian and global academic excellence and industrial knowledge.
Stating this, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IITJ) Director Professor Santanu Chaudhury noted that “most of the focus is on cybersecurity offense wherein the real need is to teach our youth cybersecurity defense from Advance Persistent Threats (APT’s).”
IITJ has signed an MoU with homegrown WhizHack Technologies Private Limited to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for new innovations in Cybersecurity, AI and IoT.
“This collaboration with IIT Jodhpur provides a great opportunity for capacity building and exporting talent in an accelerated manner for the skill-intensive cybersecurity industry,” added WhizHack MD Kallol Sil.
“Globally, we want empowered Indians to leverage the huge cybersecurity market due to higher digital adoption, post-COVID, and an increased proliferation of sophisticated cybercriminals,” said Sil.
According to NASSCOM, in the rising networked digital economy, global cyberattacks along with data protection and privacy laws are estimated to lead to a US$35 billion revenue opportunity creating over 2 million new cybersecurity jobs to India’s workforce by 2025.
However, India’s cybersecurity workforce shortage already stands nearly 10% higher than the global average and there is a critical need to address the demand for job-ready security professionals through skills-based initiatives.
The CoE at IITJ is being set up for the purpose of advancing scientific and technological products and services IPs for protecting assets of India’s strategic importance like Government infrastructure, Enterprises and digital forensics for Police and Defence forces.
The CoE will also launch Certificate Learning Programs for placement linked skill training in Cyber Defense and Part-time M.Tech. programs specializing in Cyber Security for young graduates and working professionals.
WhizHack’s vision is to be the first truly Indian product engineering and human capital development company for managing the complete value chain of a secured cyber environment.
Given the dearth in India’s cybersecurity workforce, the burgeoning security breaches and the Government’s priority to strengthen India’s cybersecurity resource, this collaboration comes at a pertinent time, said WhizHack. #technologies #cybersecurity #data #IT #artificialintelligence #IoT /fiinews.com
