Soon, city to house cyber security resource centre

  • | Wednesday | 14th November, 2018

Kolhapur: The country’s first National Resource Centre in Cyber Security and Data Sciences will be housed at Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK). We have got a good response initially, as all the seats have been reserved for the training,” Kamat said.The resource centre will be useful for offering cyber security and safety audit to government and corporate offices, Kamat said. Training will be offered in cyber security for both government and the corporate sectors, and this trained manpower would also offer cyber safety audit, said RK Kamat, Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), SUK.Kamat said training will be given under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme and subjects like cyber forensics and cyber evidence will be covered.“The first batch of the cyber security course will start from November 26. Vice-chancellor Devanand Shinde said this would prove a milestone for SUK as it would be the first centre of its kind in the country – several universities were in the race for this, he said. This will aid in the knowledge on how to overcome these.

Kolhapur: The country’s first National Resource Centre in Cyber Security and Data Sciences will be housed at Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK). Training will be offered in cyber security for both government and the corporate sectors, and this trained manpower would also offer cyber safety audit, said RK Kamat, Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), SUK.Kamat said training will be given under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme and subjects like cyber forensics and cyber evidence will be covered.“The first batch of the cyber security course will start from November 26. A special web portal has been developed for this. We have got a good response initially, as all the seats have been reserved for the training,” Kamat said.The resource centre will be useful for offering cyber security and safety audit to government and corporate offices, Kamat said. In September, a presentation regarding this was given to officials of the Union ministry of human resources development, Kamat said.“There are many cyber security breaches we can witness in our daily lives and our centre will help in making sure these get noticed by the laymen as well as professionals in their respective spaces. This will aid in the knowledge on how to overcome these. It will be useful particularly for agriculture, defence, education, and industries sector,” Kamat said.“An amount of Rs 7 crore has been granted by the HRD ministry and depending on the work, it will be allotted in instalments,” he said, adding that Shivaji University, Kolhapur will be offering land for construction of the resource centre and a nod is expected for this at the next management council meeting. The building is expected to come up in a year. Vice-chancellor Devanand Shinde said this would prove a milestone for SUK as it would be the first centre of its kind in the country – several universities were in the race for this, he said.

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