As per the National Cyber Security Policy, 2013, there is an immediate need of about five lakh Information security experts. The alarming shortage in the official information security workforce has led the Union HRD and Telecom Ministries to chart out a road map for safeguarding India’s cyber security architecture.
While Cyber Security and Information Security (CS & IS) is all set to be introduced as a subject in higher and secondary education in the country, the Government plans to hire around 5,000 information security experts who would impart training to create a larger dependable force of cyber experts across the country, top Government sources said. Comparatively, China has a voluminous 1.25 lakh cyber experts for its over 56 crore internet users, while the United States has around a one-lakh-strong force.
“Teaching computer-age or industrial-age courses in colleges will not help students get job in the information-age. Information security-course modules are the need of the hour,” said Neha of Appin Technology Lab.
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