Information Security course @ Appin Patna Nayatola

IT Security is a term which is concerned with the protection of entire data safe and secure, from the perils of disaster and external attacks (through virus, etc). It must be ensured that the data and the information is not at all visible and disclosed to anyone. On the other hand it is can also be defined as a way of safeguarding the information along with the information system which is concerned with the input, process, output and feedback from the environment.

Why Information Security is must?

After the boom in Networking and Software jobs, the past two years have seen a sharp rise in the field of Information Security, Information Security is the latest buzzword in the industry and not without reason in the past five years the percentage of cyber crimes, data thefts, data losses, viruses and other cyber crimes have increased exponentially.

“Frost & Sullivan estimated that there are 2.28 million information security professionals worldwide. This figure is expected to increase to nearly 4.2 million by 2015. Budgets and spending are expected to increase in the next 12 months, and salaries showed healthy growth despite a global recession.”

Need for Information Security in the Indian market

Security Compliance is must for all companies with IT backbone. The requirement is high with organizations in IT/ ITES segment. Information workers lack of basic security knowledge. Information Security industry is going through an exponential growth rate. Current worldwide growth rate is billed at 21%. Higher salaries are been offered to professionals in IT security. Information security industry is currently over $100 B ($60 B in US, $ 20B UK, $4.5 B Japan, over $1.5 B India).

Job Opportunities in Information Security

With the sudden boom in the field of Information Security, hot jobs with lucrative pay packets are opening up. The APPIN Program individuals in the domain of network security and enables them to seek jobs in the areas of: Network Security System Administrator/Manager, Network Security Engineer, Systems/Applications Security Executive, Web security Administrator/Manager, Security Auditor, Data security specialist, Chief Information Security Officer, Computer Forensics Investigator, IT Security Administrator/Consultant/ Manager, Security Certified Programmer, Forensics Investigator etc...