Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Law Course Admission

DU PG Diploma in Cyber Security & Law Admissions 2019

The Delhi University will soon invite applications for the Postgraduate (PG) Diploma in Cyber Security and Law. DU launched PG Diploma in Cyber Security and Law last year and garnered good response from students. DU will soon release an official notification for DU PG Diploma in Cyber Security and Law course admissions 2019. Institute of Cyber Security & Law of DU offers this course.

Aspiring candidates can apply for the programme through the PG admission portal of DU. An official statement released by DU stated that Cyber Security is a niche subject of modern studies and the PG Diploma course offered by the varsity is an advanced Penetration Testing and Information Security Programme.

There will be a total of 65 seats in this programme. Students will be provided with intensive practical training sessions to prepare students with practical knowledge in simplified sessions to ease the learning process. The last date to apply for the PG Diploma in Cyber Security & Law offered by the University of Delhi will be June 2019.

OVERVIEW

Cyber-security is a niche subject of modern studies. It requires great amount of passion, training and research on day to day basis to emerge as a professional. This is an advanced Penetration Testing & Information Security Training Engineering Program. The course provides an intensive training which will empower an individual with hardcore practical knowledge in a simplified and easily graspable manner. In the course, students will learn how hackers break into the system’s, network, mobiles and website so as to make them aware of the possible loopholes and therefore, making them proficient in reverse-penetration. By doing so, students can create a virtual wall between company's data and the hackers. This course will enable students to carry out attacking as well as defensive methodologies which will help an individual or an organization to not only protect but also assess the safety and vulnerability ratio. There is huge demand and supply gap for professional manpower required in our country and overseas. According to a recent report by Intel Security in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the global cyber-security workforce will have over 1 million jobs vacancies by 2019. Cyber-security has emerged as a very critical sector in the current decade and this has largely been led by the rising amount of cyber crimes world over. According to an ASSOCHAM study, the reported number of cyber attacks during 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 stood at 13,301, 22,060, 71,780 and 1,49,254 respectively and these are only reported figures, the actual numbers will be way too high.


ADMISSION PROCESS

Qualifying examination for the purpose of Admission to the Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security and Law shall be minimum passed Graduation or above in Science or Technology with following papers:

Programming,
Networking,
Database management,
Operating Systems,
Data Structure


The admissions shall be based on the merit drawn based on the marks obtained in graduation and personal interview. The admission process shall be in following stages:


STAGE I: The merit list, for admission shall be determined on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination.


STAGE II: The candidates shall be called for Personal Interview on the basis of merit drawn as prescribed in stage I.


STAGE III: A combined merit on the basis of 85% from Stage I and 15 % from Stage II shall be drawn. Admissions shall be based in the order of combined merit.

DELIVERABLES: Each student will get:

A toolkit containing tools as required in the curriculum
Videos for referrals case studies and White papers

NUMBER OF SEATS

Admission will be offered on 65 seats in the course. The number of seats reserved under EWS, OBC, SC & ST  Categories shall be as per the proportionate reservation as provided under University rules.

CW, PWD, Foreign students seats would be supernumerary as per University rules.

Note: The eligibility condition under various Reserved Categories shall be as per the University rule

DU PG Diploma in Cyber Security & Law Application Fees

Student Category	Application Fees
General and OBC Students	Rs. 2000
CW, SC, PwD and ST students	Rs. 1500

COURSE STRUCTURE

The curriculum has been designed keeping in mind the need of the industry and the nation. The best of the experts working in the field of cyber security as academicians, industry experts, cyber law and cyber security experts have provided inputs. The pioneers of the industry have facilitated the designing of this course to make it most comprehensive and carve the connoisseurs of cyber security.

FEE STRUCTURE

EXAMINATION
SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS 

English shall be the medium of instruction and examination.

Examinations shall be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic Calendar notified by the University of Delhi
The system of evaluation shall be as follows:Each paper will carry 100 marks, of which 20 marks shall be for internal assessment based on a combination of classroom participation, project work, seminar, term papers, tests, and attendance. The weight age given to each of these components in a combination shall be decided and announced at the beginning of the semester in consultation with the faculty of the concerned paper. The system so decided will be communicated by the Institute for Cyber Security and Laws.
The remaining 80 marks in each paper shall be awarded on the basis of a practical and written examination of 40 marks each at the end of each semester.

PASS PERCENTAGE & PROMOTION CRITERIA

The minimum marks required to pass any paper in a semester shall be 50% in each paper and 50% in aggregate of a semester.

Semester to Semester Promotion: Students shall be required to fulfill the Part to Part promotion criteria. Students shall be allowed to be promoted from semester I to semester II, provided s/he has passed at least 60 per cent of the papers in the course of the current semester including project.

DIVISION CRITERIA

Successful candidates will be classified on the basis of the combined results of Semester -I and Semester -II

examinations as follows:

Candidates securing 60% and above: I Division

Candidates securing 50% or more but less than 60%: II Division

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT

Attendance in lectures, tutorials, seminars etc. arranged by the Centre for Cyber Security and Laws from time to time, is mandatory according to the Internal Assessment requirement as per University rules. The marks for attendance shall be awarded on the basis of existing norms as per the Internal Assessment Scheme of University of Delhi.

 EXAM DURATION: As per guidelines issued by University of Delhi.

DURATION OF COURSE: 1 year.  SPAN OF COURSE (Total time available to pass the course, including that as ex-student): 2 years.

Note: Diploma Certificate will be issued to participants only after clearing final examination of both the semesters conducted at the end of the final semester.




Course Full Syllabus:

Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security and Law - University of Delhi.
http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/executive_council/22092017/40_Appendix-XL%20(Page%20410-435).pdf

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