Top 5 Cyber Security Courses That Prepare You to Fight Cyber Attacks!

Read below to know about various cybersecurity courses in India.

A recent study by Microsoft India revealed that about 74% of online users in India worry that their Social Networking Accounts can be hacked. 16% of respondents were worried about the loss of personal data while 5% lost their sleepover credit card frauds. About one-fourth of the respondents had been victims of cyber-attacks! Cybersecurity courses equip you with technical skills and stellar domain knowledge to keep such cyber attacks in check and avoid online security breaches of personal data and information.

About half the population active online spends close to five hours online daily, most of it on social networking sites. The Internet is also the prime solution of millions of people around the world for research and entertainment. In such a scenario, the increasing incidents of cyberstalking, loss of personal data, and e-mail account hacking coupled with online security threats can lead to a severe breach of laws, rules, and regulations that work as shields for an individual.

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Top 5 Cyber Security Courses

Appin Technology Lab in Noida is a facility of US-based Appin Research Labs and offers a six-month Diploma Course in IT Security & Ethical Hacking. According to NASSCOM, there are a shortage of 1,88,000 IT Security experts in India and the course prepares professionals to fulfill this very gap in the supply and demand of cybersecurity professionals. The graduates of the program have found jobs in companies like Microsoft, IBM, Google, Accenture, Wipro, and Infosys.

Quest Institute of Knowledge (QUIK) offers certification of EC Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS). This cybersecurity course trains students in Information Security, Network Security, and Computer Forensics. The course is available full-time as well as part-time mode.

Institute of Management Technology- Center for Distance Learning (IMT-CDL) offers a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security. One of the few prestigious Cybersecurity courses offered through correspondence, it has been designed by world-renowned cybersecurity expert, Mr. Ankit Fadia, who has won several accolades and awards. Approved by Distance Education Council (DEC), the program will certainly give an advantage over your peers in the security industry. IMT CDL claims that the starting salary of the graduates of this program is around Rs 30,000 per month.

UPTEC Computer Consultancy Ltd is a joint venture of the U.P. Electronics Corporation Ltd. (which is a UP government undertaking) with seasoned IT professionals and management gurus from IIMs, IITs, IBM and Bell Systems (USA). It offers certificate and diploma cybersecurity courses that are approved by the EC Council. UPTEC centers have been rated either A+ (Excellent) or A (Very Good) by the DOEACC society for which it conducts national-level exams. UPTEC is also an education partner of Microsoft, Red Hat, Cisco, Oracle, and EC Council and is fully authorized to conduct their certified IT Courses.

Insparc Cyber Security & Intelligence Academy offers a Cyber Security Analyst Program that certifies students in anti-virus implementation in C, Stealth technology of C, Java and Python, Linux implementation and cracking in security, Trojan, D- com and many more exploits. Insparc Group works with emerging technologies like Dot Net or J2EE, Cyber Security, Embedded Systems, Robotics, Ethical Hacking, and OpenSolaris and has tie-ups with top industry giants as well.

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Source: Ruchi Shrimali (Shiksha Team)