Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has partnered with TalentSprint which is a Hyderabad based Ed-Tech firm to launch an advanced certification program of duration 6 months in cybersecurity and cyberdefense. The program is for aspirants seeking knowledge in the latest trends in cybersecurity.
The program will be effective early from next year. IIT Kanpur has already started initiative by setting up the Interdisciplinary Centre for Cyber Security and Cyber Defence of Critical Infrastructures (C3i).
"One of the mandates of the C3i Centre is 'outreach', to train many more cybersecurity professionals who are not necessarily students at the institute", says Professor Sandeep Shukla, Programme Director and Professor of Computer Science. He also says, "Professional engineers who are working as cybersecurity professionals or in utilities, finances, banks or IT, in general, can be trained at a larger scale than is possible within the scopes of our degree programs."
The director's mission and vision of C3i are to do research, education, training, and to spawn startups to create technological safeguards and to protect critical infrastructure. The centre for this program is headed by Prof. Sandeep Shukla and Prof. Manindra Agarwal. The program will engage with international partners from Israel and the USA. developing research and technology exchange, student training as well as hosting conferences, workshops, and cybersecurity competitions to create awareness.
Santanu Paul, co-founder, and CEO of TalentSprint said: "The demand for such professionals is outstripping supply because more and more people are adopting technology and the threat is also growing in cyberspace."
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