Cyber Law

What is Cyber Law

Cyber law courses specialise in the laws against cyber crimes. The technology industry in India has seen a lot of growth over the past few years. While technology has impacted India in positive ways, it also has certain adverse effects. The advancement and rise in technology have seen a bump in the number of cyber-scams, data-theft and cyberbullying, among other things. So, in order to decrease these “cyber-crimes”, the Indian government enacted the Information Technology Act in the year 2000 in order to address this new range of new-age crimes by implementing Cyber law .

If a student wants to pursue Cyber law diligently, it is advised that he or she goes for the Post Graduate Degree in Cyber Law after completing a Bachelor’s degree. Both courses are designed to educate aspiring students to learn about the various problems tackled in cyberspace and the laws made by the Indian government to prevent crimes from happening in cyberspace. The main objectives of the Cyber Law courses are: -

1. To train industry professionals that can detect and fix issues which are related to Intellectual Property Rights over cyberspace.

2. To provide proper training to individuals regarding cyberspace at both national and international levels.

3. To make the general internet-users aware about the various classifications and types of cybercrime.

4. To make students capable enough to address, intercept and tackle any problems that may arise from online transactions.

Eligibility Criteria (UG & PG) of Cyber Law

For the one-year Undergraduate diploma; the student needs to have passed the 10+2 with a science stream.

For the one-year Post Graduate diploma; the student can apply if he or she is set to appear in the final exams of graduation, any student with a bachelor’s degree from any recognised university or college can apply and students who have finished three years out of their five-year integrated LLB can apply for Cyber law.

Cyber Law Entrance Exams

1. Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) - Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), which is organised by the NLU is considered as the main entrance test for admissions to Cyber law course.
   
   
2. Common Entrance Examination for different Indian states - Different Indian states such as Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh conduct Common Entrance Examinations for admissions into colleges in these states. Students are selected on the basis of their performance in the entrance test.
3. Merit-based/ Entrance based admissions - Certain private universities grant admission to students based on their performance in the 10+2 standard. The admission criterion varies from one college to another. Admission procedure may vary from college to college though, as some colleges might even have their own entrance tests and some other colleges might rely on recognised entrance exams such as AILET, LSAT and CUSAT and AIBE.

Required Skillset for Cyber Law

The required skill set for cyber law depends on what kind of job the aspirant is seeking after the program.

• Cyberspace is a rapidly growing industry, and anybody looking to join this industry should be wary of the fact that the industry changes quickly. Anybody who is looking to join the cyber law industry must have a constantly learning attitude as new kinds of cybercrimes will be popping up, new malware keeps getting developed every day.
• Hands-on knowledge of knowing how to use computers is a much bigger added bonus, as this person will have a much better knowledge of being in that certain position.
• If a person is looking to learn Cyber Law in order to become a cyber lawyer and practice it, then the person must be smart and diligent enough to juggle and keep himself at par with the worlds of both Cyber Law and traditional law.
• Problem-Solving is an important skill that a person aspiring to do Cyber Law shall possess.