Cyber security job prospects are growing faster than any other projected occupations!
Graduates will easily find jobs within companies that provide value-added products and services, such as telecom companies, game companies, e-learning, web developers, and the entertainment industry.
Why the world needs so much professionals in cybersecurity?
Cyber security is one of the most in-demand and growing fields in existence. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently 112,000 people employed in the field of cyber security, with an anticipated need of 36,000 more employees through 2028.
This works out to a much higher than average hiring and demand rate of 32%. With more and more new technologies being rolled out to help make our lives simpler, there are also those who are working to disrupt those enhancements in order to create chaos. This is what is fueling the need for cyber security specialists, now and in the future.
The main employment and professional outlets of the master’s degrees are in the areas of security of infrastructures and IT systems and of the processing of sensitive data for companies of products and services, public administration bodies and, more generally, for any organization that uses systems secure computer scientists.
source: https://www.weforum.org/reports
Graduates will easily find jobs within companies that provide value-added products and services, such as telecom companies, game companies, e-learning, web developers, and the entertainment industry.
An entrepreneurial path is also open to those who seek to start their own company to provide product or technology development, media content, business development or consultancy services.
Work context
Chief Security Specialist
Is responsible for the coordination and supervision of all information security procedures, in particular those concerning the information management system of a company, the transmission/communication of information, the data-management regulations, and the identification of suitable security protocols
Work context
Cyber Security Officer
Typical skills include building in security during the development stages of software systems, networks and data centres, looking for vulnerabilities and risks in hardware and software, finding the best way to secure the IT infrastructure of an organisation, building firewalls into network infrastructures, constantly monitoring for attacks and intrusions
Work context
Information Officer
Organisations need to make sure the information is used effectively - accurate and timely information is the basis of good decision-making. Every organisation needs to gather, store, analyse and communicate information. The work of an information officer involves managing information for an organisation, such as a government department or commercial company.
Engineers professional register
CyberSecurity graduate is able to enrol in Engineers professional register (Information Engineering area).
Besides you can find The UniPD Cybersecurity Master Degree in ENISA. ENISA is a Cybersecurity Higher Education Database managed by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.
The multidisciplinary Master degree in Cybersecurity is offered by the Department of Information Engineering and the Department of Mathematics, University of Padova.
