For students studying internet security at the ETH Zurich university, the infringement δικτύων και υπολογιστών αποτελεί τμήμα της διδακτέας ύλης. Οι φοιτητές μαθαίνουν πώς να παραβιάζουν δίκτυα Ιντερνετ, αλλά και κινητών, στα μαθήματα περί «ασύρματου ηλεκτρονικού πολέμου» και «σύγχρονων κακόβουλων προγραμμάτων», μαθήματα που είναι σχεδιασμένα ώστε οι φοιτητές να μάθουν πώς να προλαμβάνουν ιντερνετικές επιθέσεις. Ο αριθμός των φοιτητών που εγγράφονται στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα «ασφάλεια πληροφοριών» έχει τριπλασιαστεί σε σχέση με το 2009.
Demand for cyber security specialists is growing, as companies such as Deutsche Telecom and ABB hire more specialists in their efforts to ward off threats to their networks and products. Cybersecurity has become an industry with a volume of 60 worth USD billion a year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, while concern about Internet attacks has increased due to the revelation that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has a mass monitoring program and watched German mobile phone chancellor Angela Merkel. "Her case NSA was the bell, although at the same time companies realize that there are many more criminals on the Internetnetworksays Jürgen Kor, Head of Cyber Security at Deutsche Telecom.
The percentage of companies reporting 10 million or more losses due to attacks on the Internet has increased 51% from 2011, according to a 9.600 survey conducted by 115 countries conducted by XNUMX. PwC. About 7% of respondents said their company had been cyber-attackedattacks. If a hacker wants to pursue a career outside of businesses, more and more governments today are trying to shield their networks.
Source: kathimerini.gr