Breaking into one's own office systems has never been more rewarding. The deteriorating cyber security situation has swelled up opportunities for an ethical hacker manifolds. Most corporate entities are looking to create their own internal security teams by training employees and hiring ethical hackers. Making most of this trend are the many ethical hacking institutes in Noida, a well-developed corporate hub, who have seen a healthy rise in the number of queries received for their ethical hacking courses."There has been a tremendous excitement around ethical hacking in India which is coming up in big way in India," said Atul Kumar, director, Jodo Institute, a Noida-based institute offering a 40-hour long course spread over 5 days in ethical hacking. "We have seen a solid growth of 50 percent in the number of students joining this course," he said.
Ethical hacking courses essentially train a student to find loopholes in a network or a programme using similar methods as that of hacking. A certified ethical hacker (CEH) breaks into the same system which he is trying to secure, ascertains susceptible routes through which an unlawful hacker could enter the system and reports it to the concerned authority.
The only difference, the institutes say, between ethical hacking and unlawful activity is that ethical hacking is defensive whereas the other is offensive.
"The ethical hacking certification is what distinguishes a good hacker from a bad one," said Kumar. "We get in written from students that the knowledge they acquire from these courses will not be used for unlawful activities."
One of the main reasons for the rising popularity of these courses is the increased opportunities available for CEH. Companies, and even the government, have understood the importance of a CEH in their midst. In an age where information is the most important resource, it has become imperative for firms to guard it against malicious attacks and intrusions. However, it is still the big companies which are looking to build up a team of security specialists and small-and-medium-business sector is yet to take to it.
Not just the career avenues available for an ethical hacker has increased, even the remuneration that a CEH gets has seen a significant jump. "There has been a rise of almost 20 to 30 percent in the last five years," said Kumar.
"If we look at scenario five years back, corporate were not coming out looking for this training for their employees, now they are in hordes," said Dhruv, director, Torrid Networks, a Noida based firm provides training to private and public sector companies. "We have seen an increase of about 30 to 40 percent in the number of companies approaching us for giving them training,' Dhruv said.
Torrid Networks conducts training sessions for on companies' premises as well as on offsite, apart from conducting sessions on their own premises. The company looks at minimum 25 employees per session and charges around Rs 18,000 to 20,000 for three days.
Players say that unlawful hackers have started targeting different routes to break into a company secured information. "Hackers earlier used to break into networks of a company. Now they even try crack into their websites and web applications," said Dhruv.
According to the website of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, from January 2012 to June 2012, there have been 13,489 reported incidences of website defacement, most effected domains being .com and .in with 6,457 and 6,286 reported incidences respectively. Apart from the working professionals and company sponsored employees, there has been a huge increase in the number of students who are taking up these courses. "Any 10+2 or graduate, independent of the stream, can take these courses," said Sanjay Bhardwaj, branch head - Noida, Academy for IT Professionals (AITP).
Resource:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/education/Ethical-hacking-institutes-gain-foothold-in-Noida/articleshow/15448802.cms
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