NEW DELHI: The major internet and search company, Google, has announced a campaign to upskill cybersecurity researchers and developers in India. The campaign will be part of the company’s Cybersecurity Expo, which will cover multiple cities across India and provide tools, guidance, and advice on security practices for building apps for consumers. for consumers, as well as enterprise programs.
The upskilling program will target 10,000 developers in India and will include two major divisions in the program – Android and Google Cloud. While the Android upskilling program will cater to developers building apps for consumers, the Google Cloud upskilling program will target enterprise developers and administrators security.
Saikat Mitra, senior director and head of trust and safety at Google Asia Pacific, cited a Norton report, citing the number of cyberattacks on consumer services. Users and businesses in India amount to more than 2,000 violations per day. “This makes it imperative for us to improve our security standards. This can be done by identifying threats at the grassroots level, which can help prevent misuse of our platforms,” said Mitra.
One corporate developer, who works with a leading private sector bank in India, said on condition of anonymity that the skills upskilling initiative could help mainstream developers in India. India is more aware of the latest Google Cloud developer features. “For most developers in India, Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform features are more visible and obvious. Google program. We can help with this. “
Google’s initiative comes as industry stakeholders have pointed to a lack of consistent skill-raising standards among developers in the country. Earlier this month, Vijendra Katiyar, country manager for India and SAARC at US-based cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, told the Mint that despite the sophistication of cyber threats and even Security tools have increased, but a large number of security professionals have not yet managed. to keep up with standards.
According to experts, this can help companies identify the right cybersecurity professionals. According to executives working with cybersecurity companies in India, despite the high salaries offered to developers with cybersecurity skills, thousands of vacancies remain vacant due to Companies struggle to find the right talent.
Siva Prasad N., sales director of HR services firm Teamlease Digital, said earlier this month that more than 70,000 cybersecurity jobs remained vacant in India as of this month. In March, a report by Microsoft’s corporate vice president of security, compliance, identity, and management, Vasu Jakkal, said that more than 2.5 million cybersecurity jobs were vacant due to There is a shortage of manpower in the right industry in India, where upskilling initiatives are looking to take place. .
Along with the upskills initiative, Google also announced an awareness campaign to promote transaction safety in India and announced a $2 million grant to nonprofits. to build cybersecurity tools for “high-risk communities”.
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