Why to study cybersecurity and digital forensics in Nepal? Here’s an expert explanation
In an age where cybercrime cases are on the rise, the need to create professionals trained in cybersecurity and digital forensics is increasing. Over the course of the past few years, cases related to cybercrime have gone up in Nepal too, which goes to show how important it is for the country to create these professionals.
This shows the need for a course related to cybersecurity and digital forensics, which is increasing in Nepal too and as of now, it is available only at The British College (TBC). The college has brought the degree from the University of West of England (UWE) and has been running it for over a year. The degree, according to lecturers and officials at TBC, is holistic and makes the student industry-ready as it teaches students networking, programming, laws and security and forensic tools that they will learn in a state-of-the-art lab on campus.
To speak about the course, Onlinekhabar caught up with Mazhar Malik, a senior lecturer in cybersecurity and digital forensics at the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies at UWE-Bristol. Malik, who has been in the field since 2005, explained what students learn from the course and its importance in today’s world and for a country like Nepal.
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What are cybersecurity and digital forensics? And why are they essential for a country like Nepal?
If you go by definition, cybersecurity is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. Digital forensics, on the other hand, is a branch of forensic science that focuses on identifying, acquiring, processing, analysing, and reporting data stored electronically.
If we look at what is happening worldwide, it is clear that cybercrimes are increasing all over the globe as one mostly hears two things. One is cybersecurity and the other is the security of data.
In the past, organisations did not pay enough attention towards investing in cyber security. But when businesses moved to work remotely through the help of the internet, then they realised the importance of cyber security.
So if you look at the banking sector, we…
