Cyber Security

As per KPMG report, most of the top 500 business enterprises have reported information security breach in the year 2015. There are two types of cybersecurity experts Computing Resources Cyber Security experts and Information Security Analysts. Computer Resources Security experts maintain computer and network security and update security programs as necessary. Information security analysts develop an organisation's computer security standards; install software programs to protect information stored on computers, and monitor computer networks for security breaches. With increased cybercrime, there are a lot of new opportunities getting generated for cybersecurity experts.

As per the KPMG report, most of the top 500 business enterprises have reported information security breach last year. Therefore, the requirement. Therefore requirements and demand for cyber security and information security skills professionals is very high. It is a good skill to start an IT career or advance a successful IT career path. It is an exciting and well paying job. There are no specific prerequisites to start the career in the cyber security and information security. It is a niche skill area and most of the professionals in the field are with graduation degrees such as B.Tech CSE/IT, BCA-MCAand B.Sc. Computer Science. Most of the professionals have excellent programming skills and computer systems knowledge. Following 10 certifications will provide right credentials to kick-start a successful IT security career: (a) CISSP-Certified Information Systems Security Professional (b) CISA-Certified Information Systems Auditor (c) CISM-Certified Information Security Manager (d) GSEC-GIAC Security Essentials Certification (e) CRISC-Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (f) CEH-Certified Ethical Hacker (g) ECSA-EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (h) GPEN-GIAC Penetration Tester (I) CompTIA Security+ (j) SSCP-Systems Security Certified Practitioner.

I will try to be honest here. See, I have also been selected as a cyber-security analyst role in a reputed accounting firm, I will not name it. I am having a B.Tech in electronics. If you have an interest in IT go for it and there are options for cyber security analyst out there but if you want to dig deeper into that field B.Tech isn't sufficient, you have to go for higher studies. Cyber security roles are generally not provided to freshers easily. There are not many entry-level jobs in cyber. Though the field is emerging and demanding. If you do B.Tech then you will have opportunities for getting some entry-level jobs. However, below B.Tech do not consider anything. Moreover having a certification is an added advantage always. So, from your question the answer I can give is yes it is enough.