State to start online courses on cyber security from August

Kolkata: Come August 2022, Webel-Fujisoft-Vara Centre of Excellence (CoE), an initiative of the Bengal government will launch affordable online courses in cyber security in collaboration with the Israel-based 'Think Cyber'.

The move is aimed at developing cyber professionals, who are job-ready and skilled to the highest standards on in-demand areas of cyber security.

The training will be delivered online using video-based learning.

The training will be 90 percent hands-on with labs, projects and scenarios. Live faculty support from the CoE is built into the programme at regular intervals.

"We have worked hard to make these online cyber-security courses affordable. The courses are designed to make learners job-ready and will help to address the gap for lack of skilled cyber security professionals in our country. Our collaboration with Think Cyber, Israel, will be a double benefit for learners as they will have access to world-class cyber-security programmes that trains them on skills that will support them in finding lucrative jobs", said Dr Rashmi Sharma, Head, Webel Fujisoft Vara Centre of Excellence: Industry 4.0.

Webel-Fujisoft-Vara-Centre of Excellence: Industry 4.0 (CoE) has been set up by the state IT& Electronics department through its nodal agency Webel, as well as the MSME Directorate, Bengal.

The project is being executed by Fujisoft Inc., Japan and Vara Technology,

India.

It is one of the only Centres of Excellence for four technologies of Industry 4.0, namely Data Science, Cyber security, Embedded Systems/IoT, and Additive Manufacturing. The CoE brings together students, academia, industry, technology providers, and start-ups under one roof.