Around 58% of organisations believe that the absence of a cyber expert is worse than not having proper security. It is essential to cultivate a strong base of cyber experts who can resolve the issues of the cyber world. If we talk in figures, according to Cybersecurity Ventures,  the number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs has increased by 350% in the past eight years. Today, the gap is around 3.5 million. So, by 2020, we would require around 4 million cybersecurity professionals globally, while NASSCOM estimates that India will need one million cybersecurity professionals by 2020. 

Bengaluru-based Jigsaw Academy has launched a new course in Cybersecurity in association with HackerU, world leader in Cybersecurity. Bengaluru-based  Jigsaw Academy has launched a new course in Cybersecurity.

Cyber threats are everywhere and they are not yet completely inescapable. When it comes to data breaches and cyber threats, India is the second-most affected country in the world, according to the Data Security Council of India. The average cost for a data breach has risen 7.9% in the past two years. As per 2018-19 data breach reports, the average cost per data breach has come to Rs 4,552. The increasing risk of cyber threats has encouraged companies to take cyber insurance policy and invest in stringent cybersecurity.

There were several cyber threats and DNS malware attacks in the past few years. There are many reasons for such a massive outage. People are not yet aware of the severity of cyber threats that makes them less interested in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is ever-evolving. Around 69% of enterprises believe that bringing AI into the cybersecurity realm makes things better in terms of uncompromised security and unaltered reliability. According to a recent tech survey, the budget for AI in cybersecurity will skyrocket to 29% by 2020.

The course is India's first offensive cybersecurity program where students will be trained leading to the title of Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP). The programme has been developed in Israel, a global tech powerhouse which has dozens of firms specialising in security. The candidates will be trained by industry experts from HackerU and will be offered hands-on experience. The students will be equipped to detect and prevent potential breaches by simulating a series of live cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity is a form of cybersecurity that enables the student to think like a hacker. This course offered by Jigsaw Academy teaches the student to place themselves in the shoes of a cyber attacker who wants to intrude into the system. It is merely a form of ethical hacking that uses some indigenous techniques to get the details. 

There are two types of cyber-security - one is Defensive and the other one is Offensive. Rather than using pure analysis and being reactive, an offensive cybersecurity course teaches the candidate to exploit the security vulnerabilities ethically and eliminate the guesswork that is involved in predicting a cyberattack. With an offensive cyber security course, students can get an edge in their profession as it is the most refined way to detect cyber threats. By thinking and working in the same way as a hacker does, will allow the cyber expert to decode the hacker’s strategy before its execution.

The possible cyberwar can destroy a nation and be more harmful than a physical war. India needs to deploy a potent cybersecurity platform and cultivate a battalion of cyber soldiers to guard against this threat.