Scopes for Cyber Security

Current Status

The cyber security market is expected to grow to around $232 Billion by 2022 according to a report. Domestic IT giants like Infosys and even global players like CISCO have been betting big in the cyber security domain.

The growth in cloud-based security solutions and tools, and increase in adoption of big data analytics to gather cyber threats data among other trends are creating humongous opportunities in the area of cyber security.

Scopes

While forces like automation, machine learning and AI are eliminating the need for low and mid level engineers in many IT domains, the demand is only upsurging for Cyber Security professionals because of the need for human intervention to take critical decisions.

• Big Corporates, SMEs along with startups are hiring cyber security professionals in the wake of multiple cyber attacks
• ISACA, a global authority estimated a shortage of more than 2 million cybersecurity professionals globally by 2019
• The average starting salary ranges from 4 to 5 lakhs per annum is substantially higher than other fields
• Due to the dearth of Security prodessionals, students with core expertise in security secure multiple job offers on campus

Best Universities in the World

1.  LEWIS UNIVERSITY

2.  PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

3.  SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA

4.  DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

5.  UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

6.  AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

7.  WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY

8.  DREXEL UNIVERSITY

9.  DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

10.  GRANTHAM UNIVERSITY

FUTURE OF CYBER SECURITY

Cyber-attacks are diversifying, putting businesses at increasing risk. In 2017, multiple ransomware attacks such as the Wannacry cryptoworm that hit the NHS demanded bitcoins in exchange for the release of data. This is now evolving into illicit cryptomining attacks, which see criminals using business’ systems to mine lucrative cryptocurrencies.

In February 2018, the first SCADA cryptominer was seen in the wild. Also this year, it emerged that car manufacturer Tesla's cloud environment was used in order to mine cryptocurrencies.

Attacks such as these demonstrate why cyber security is on the national agenda for governments and firms in the UK and Europe. In November 2016, the UK government launched its National Cyber Security Strategy, setting out plans to make Britain more secure and resilient in cyber space.

In 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre warned that UK critical infrastructure such as power stations is at risk of attack, citing Russia as a major threat to national security. This will become even more important to both the UK and its European neighbours as the country prepares to leave the EU in 2019.

According to the PwC Global State of Information Security Survey 2018, the business impact of cyber-attacks is increasing. But at the same time, more than a quarter of companies (28%) do not know how many breaches they have had.

Although the average total financial cost of incidents decreased this year to £857,000, the impact of breaches was felt more widely across both business operations and data. Indeed, companies faced an average of 19 hours of down-time following an attack. Customer records were compromised at one in four organisations.

According to the PwC, only two in five UK companies (44%) formally collaborate with industry peers to improve security and reduce the potential for future risks, compared with 54% across Europe and 58% globally.

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Introduction to Cyber Security

                    Hii friends.....I am starting a new CYBER SECURITY blog. As we all know that in this globalizing world the technology is at its peak. So it has some good effects as well as bad effects. Some people use it badly as stealing data, someones personal information and we call those people as ''HACKERS''. So this may leads to online frauds , also damages to privacy, ethics and it affects  our society.
                  So in a country like INDIA  there is a lot of illiteracy about technology. So these people becomes the prey of the predators i.e. Hackers. so there must be awareness in society about this things.


WHAT IS CYBER SECURITY??

     

• Cyber security refers to the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access.

• Cyber Security is an all encompassing domain of information technology it comprises the entire set of security related technologies and issues.

• Without a single perspective for security management , the hundred's of related yet technically distinct aspects of this problem space could become unmanagable.

• Problem Space= A related set of concepts or issues united by shared challenges and independencies.

NEED IN INDIA??

     As i already said INDIA is a developing country . So there is a lot of illiteracy about technology.

Let us discuss some news related to this......

Cyberattacks on Estonian networks in 2007, on Georgian networks in 2008, and the Stuxnet attack in 2010 that destroyed the Iranian uranium enrichment centrifuges alerted the world to the reality of cyberwarfare.

Attacks are often anonymous and difficult to attribute to specific actors, state or non-state. Advanced Precision Threats (APTs) carried out by anonymous hackers are often silent and go unnoticed for long periods.

Detecting and responding to such attacks is a daunting task. Analysts have been debating whether cyber deterrence, on the lines of nuclear deterrence, can dissuade such attackers.

Cyber deterrence can be of two kinds: by denying attacks (defensive) and by punishment (offensive). Cyber defences are raised so that the attacker is unable to pierce the adversary’s networks. In the latter case, the cyber attacker is assured of a devastating response.

Evidently, neither deterrence by denial nor by punishment works in cyberspace. Attackers are able to bypass the best of cyber defences. For offensive cyber deterrence, it is necessary to identify the attacker with pinpointed accuracy. But attribution is the Achilles heel of offensive cyber deterrence.

Indiscriminate targeting could prove to be more destabilising and counterproductive. Some analysts have argued that for cyber deterrence to hold, the response need not always be in cyberspace. It can be in political, economic or military domains.

The attackers’ assets can be targeted in a kinetic military response. Economic sanctions can be imposed. Irrespective of the problems associated with the efficacy of the concept of cyber deterrence, countries are acquiring offensive capabilities in cyberspace. They are building bits of software called ‘cyberweapons’ that can do enormous damage to the adversary’s networks.

The Indian military needs to make aproper assessment of an offensive cyber doctrine adopted by many countries and undertake action that goes beyond simply the building of defensive capabilities. Offensive cyber response is not limited to states alone.

Much like state actors, many companies are developing their own capabilities of going after suspected cyberattackers in what is called ‘hunting’. Such unchecked proliferationof offensive cyber tools and practices can destabilise the entire cyberspace in the absence of any accepted norms of behaviour.

The international community has been unable to agree on suitable norms of behaviour in cyberspace. In 2013, the UN Group of Government and Experts (UNGGE) had suggested 11norms.

However, implementing them in cyberspace is a difficult task. In a major setback to the process of norms development, the 2015 UNGGE failed to arrive at a consensus. Presently, there are no acceptable norms of behaviour in cyberspace.

In India, it is imperative that cyber networks, software and cyber-physical systems, and platforms should be cyber-secure. This requires a judicious mix of people, policies and technology, as well as robust public-private partnership.

The reliance on imported information and communication technology (ICT) products and our inability to screen them for vulnerabilities is a major cybersecurity risk.

Institutions such as the National Cybersecurity Coordinator (NCC), National Technical Research Organisation, Computer Emergency Response Team and the National Cyber Security Coordinator Centre are all doing a reasonable job. But they suffer from the lack of skilled manpower and proper coordination.

The existing National Information Board (NIB), headed by the National Security Adviser (NSA), duly empowered, can play the role of an apex body in India. NCC, set up in 2015 as a part of the National Security Council Secretariat, should be strengthened to bring about amuch-needed synergy among various institutions and to work out a coordinated approach to cyber security, including cyber deterrence.

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