In a recent study by Infoempleo and Deloitte entitled "IT Employment: 17 Professions with a Future", cybersecurity experts between five most demanded professions for the next years.
In a country like Spain which concentrates, according to the study, 20% of cyberattacks in the world, there is a significant shortage of professionals in this area. And not only within our borders is it one of the professions with the most international projection, since by 2020, 1,5 million professionals of this type will be needed worldwide, according to Deloitte, and even 825.000 in Europe alone by 2025 (INCIBE data), demanded above all by banks, insurance companies, online gaming companies, social networks and hosting companies.
What does a computer security expert do?
The truth is that the figure of the cybersecurity professional is far from the "myth" that can be had about him. They don't spend the day waiting for an attack or taking action when the company is in jeopardy. On the contrary, his figure is more that of proposing a series of methods to avoid any kind of dangerous situation for your company data.
Among the functions it usually has:
- Formulate plans to protect computer files.
- Attention to emergencies and possible dangerous situations.
- Track reports on computer viruses.
- Supervision of the use made of the company's most sensitive data.
- Regulation of user access to information stored on company servers.
- Implementation of cryptographic protocols and security tools.
- Analysis and detection of security threats and development of prevention techniques.
- Study, knowledge and application of the regulations on security and data processing.
- Create and develop security projects for both computer and communication systems.
- Forensic and malware analysis both inside and outside the company.
It is, therefore, within computing one of the positions with a multidisciplinary profile, since you have to know and handle different aspects of software development, networking, encryption and system maintenance.
What does a professional of this type study?
Currently, there is no career in cybersecurity as such. Obviously, the degree in computer science or some engineering is usually the most appropriate way to direct our career towards these positions, which we must complement with a master's degree, postgraduate degree or online course.
The offer is wide, and you have to be careful because not all courses and masters have, at the end, an online degree. Among the best we can highlight the online master to be an expert in cybersecurity of the Isabel I University, It is offered in an online format but with guaranteed internships. A permanently updated syllabus, tools to take advantage of all this knowledge, including AWS Educate to train with Amazon services in the cloud. This center is also part of the Innovative Business Group in Cybersecurity and Advanced Technology (AEI Ciberseguridad).
El increase in cyberattacks and, above all, its specialization in different action vectors, It will not only require a greater number of professionals each year, but their training and specialization will be increasingly higher.