Career in cybersecurity: How to study, skills needed, career options and more

With every industry stepping into digitization, cybersecurity is a crucial form of security we need now. "According to Cyber Security Ventures, cybercrime will more than triple the number of job openings to 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2021, and the cybersecurity unemployment rate will remain at zero percent," he says. "Besides, in India, the National Association of Software and Services Companies estimated that India alone will need 1 million cybersecurity professionals by 2020 to meet the demands of its rapidly growing economy," Tyagi adds. Tyagi's company, Lucideus, runs a one-year diploma in cybersecurity with Delhi University and an undergraduate BTech programme on Specialization in Cyber Security with Ansal University. Career options and job roles in cybersecurity As per Tyagi, here are the career options in cybersecurity: Chief Information Security Officer Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer Cyber Intelligence Analyst Information Security Analyst Cyber Security Consultant Computer And Information System Manager Network Security Analyst Web Application Security Analyst Cyber Security Malware Analyst Cyber Security Architect Cyber Security Administrator Risk Analyst Cyber Operations Analyst Salary structure in cybersecurity "The salary and growth prospects are huge, but it depends on the individual's capacity and how passionate they are at what they are doing.