KOLKATA: Is it just a fad or an 'informed' career move? From computer graduates to school-goers, there has been a sudden spurt in Kolkata to enroll for 'ethical hacking' courses, though the motive may not exactly be 'ethical' for all of them. The reasons for enrolling in such courses vary. The younger ones may simply be keen on hacking Facebook or Twitter accounts - something which is never taught though - while the more focused graduates want to prepare for international certification courses that prepare them for the host of new jobs opening up in the network security sphere. Tariq Anwar is a case in point. Till last year, Tariq was busy with his own start-up venture in Dubai's Knowledge Village. It was here that he passed the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification by the EC-Council. He then moved to Kolkata and started his own institute at Syed Amir Ali Avenue. Tariq is very forthright on the challenges. 'The enthusiasm is more than we can handle. However, a large chunk of the students are school pass-outs and undergraduates, who are primarily interested in the course so that they can hack Facebook, Twitter or email accounts. They get carried away by the terminology and seem to lose interest when it is explained that this has more to do with network security, its protocols and loopholes. So now we have introduced an aptitude test to pre-screen the batches. An ethical hacker is one who can penetrate networks and systems and needs to have a wider grasp of network domains,' Tariq said. Like Tariq, Tirthankar Chakraborty also set up an institute in Salt Lake that offers a six-week course on ethical hacking. Chakraborty, who completed research on embedded technologies from IIM-C, says he has now engaged a team to research if a longer six-month course could be needed to cater to the increased demand. 'We started off with a small basic course for computer professionals that focused on networking protocols and security. We also touched other features like virus attacks, configuring firewall and cloud networks. But now there is a demand to make this more niche,' Chakraborty said. And it has been only two years since Chakraborty ventured into this field. When Prateek Agrawal quit his high-paying US-based job with a consultancy and technology major in late-2007 and started a professional school in Kolkata, little did he know that his school would end up training close to 3,000 ethical hackers in just four years. Prateek, having worked abroad, explains the reasons. 'As more companies outsource their work to India - and by extension Kolkata - there is an increased demand for enhanced security protocols. The companies have to measure up to the worldwide norms. So it has opened up a complete new career opportunities, be it network and system administrators, IT security consultants or IT security auditors. These are regulatory posts in US and Europe, which are slowly being adopted by companies here,' Agrawal said. So when Agrawal says the applicants to these courses these days are more focused to crack the demanding international certification examinations, this isn't without reason. Agrawal says that it is still evolving in India, following the demand and supply logic. For example, he says, if an US multinational outsources work to a Kolkata company, they would ask for strict IT protocol standards and subsequent audit. 'Now the auditors - mostly Indian firms - need to have certified people on their rolls. And by the same yardstick, the Indian companies are also recruiting certified people to plug process loopholes so the auditors don't catch them napping,' he said. And this isn't only about private companies, dealing in computer systems and software. 'PSU banks have also been recruiting such people to keep abreast with network security as financial transactions gradually move to an online platform,' he said. In fact, banks - both private and nationalised - have been engaging such players for a comprehensive programme on hacking. They do this only to understand how their systems can be penetrated, which could also translate into financial losses. Suparno Moitra, the regional director of Nasscom, who'd been instrumental in setting up a cyber-lab with Kolkata Police, an initiative of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), says there is an urgent need for more robust networks to prevent data theft or pilfering. 'Our effort is aimed at equipping the law enforcement agencies to tackle such cases, including hacking systems and networks which cause financial and data loss,' he said. Moitro, however, pointed out that Nasscom has no control over such private institutes. Neither does it have any benchmark for such ethical hacking courses. 'I'll be unable to comment on it,' he said.
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