Cyber crime could get attention in syllabus for IT

MUMBAI, INDIA: Rajesh Tope, Minister, Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra, expressed his support to Quick Heal Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and urged the company to fight against growing cyber crime, as per a press note. He promised full support by the Govt. to address the challenges faced by the IT security software industry.

While addressing the staff of Quick Heal during his visit to Quick Heal's Research and Development Lab, Tope said that incidences of cyber crime have been increasing day by day. Reports of hacking of sites; cyber terrorism, state supported hacking, hacking activism, economic offences are on the rise. 

Emphasizing on the importance of education in this scenario, Tope also focused on the fact that the current academic syllabus needs to be upgraded to meet these challenges. Going forward industry participation is required to keep the students abreast of the latest developments.

He also invited Sanjay Katkar, CTO of Quick Heal to provide his expert advice on the syllabus for IT courses and degrees being offered by Universities.He added that the Vice Chancellors of Universities would be duly intimated about this so that a cohesive strategy towards implementing this education in the syllabus is taken at the earliest.