Ethical hacking is the buzz in industry these years and every college going noob develops frenzy about learning ethical hacking . But here in this article we will try to cover all the questions you should ask before starting in ethical hacking and 5 Facts you should know.
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What is the scope of ethical hacking ?
“Genuinely a lot of space is still there in the industry to accommodate a lot of ethical hackers but the real problem is we have so many self claimed ethical hackers around us , too many of them indeed ! Which means they think they are employable but actually they aren’t considering the gap between the knowledge they acquired and the kind of knowledge the industry requires” – Lovejot singh chhabra , Director Cyber defence intelligence consulting ,cybersecurity company in chandigarh,India
How to learn ethical hacking in India ?
“If you ask about the formal education system , Yes recently 2017 onwards many private universities started providing education in cyber security but unfortunately most of them are for the name sake or business sake with such courses having higher fee structures . Moreover, it’s rare to see any exceptional cyber security teacher providing classes in universities . The same Java professor or C++ professor is teaching cyber security . I know that sounds weird but it’s true , universities really work on cost cutting. I would rather say many private institutes are doing much better and producing 80% of required human resources in cyber security. One can google and find lot of ethical hacking courses in india” Mr Chhabra added
How to pursue ethical hacking in India ?
“Practically saying there are a lot of further subjects and fields inside ethical hacking so one can’t be the jack of all but yes beginners should do all subjects once and according to personal interest he/she can further choose a particular dimension as a career.”
Which is the best ethical hacking training center in india?
“I don’t want to be biased so i will not name the best but surely would love to add one line for readers “AVOID ALL ROUND TRAINING INSTITUTES” one should avoid institutes which are providing every other courses like programming , security , cloud , digital marketing etc .Only prefer those with specialization in cyber security , probably 4-5 such institutes in india.”
What is the salary of ethical hacker in india ?
“It’s a very broad question infact . Salary depends on certain factors like experience in industry , skills , job location and company standards. For a person with skills of WEB SECURITY one can expect INR 3,00,000/annum as starting for fresher . For somebody in malware analysis minimum expectations goes around INR 6,00,000/annum and all these values follow 8%-10% yearly growth rate . As per statistics of any top cyber security company in india.”