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NIIT and EC Council on Wednesday entered into a partnership to introduce a training programme in ethical hacking.
The companies aim to create a manpower tool of trained cyber defenders for the country.
According to estimates, India lost $8 billion due to cybercrime.
Shivan Bhargava, Group President -Skills and Careers Group, NIIT, said, "The country needs around 77,000 ethical hackers each year and we want to create professionals who will enter this space."
Forbes ranks ethical hacking as the second highest paying job of the future.
EC Council is a certification body for IT security professionals.
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