The world of internet is called as cyberspace and the laws taking care of this area are known as cyber laws and all areas of this space come under the ambit of cyber laws. In the current technical-savvy generation, the world is becoming more and more digitally sound and so are the crimes. Internet was at the first instance developed as a tool for information sharing and research and as the time passes by, internet is becoming more transactional in e-procurement, e-governance, e-commerce, e-business, etc…

with these facilities more and more crimes are also taking place in the world wide web and all the internet crimes are dealt through the cyber laws. Since the number of people using the world wide web is on the increase, the need for cyber laws is also felt highly important these days.

IT Act in India:

India has passed an Information Technology Act in the year 2000, which has framed stringent laws against people committing cyber crims like pornography, blackmailing, cyber stalking, credit card frauds, hacking and crimes pertaining to intellectual properties, trademarks and copyrights. Therefore, now there is a new field, which opens up as branch of law (i.e.) the cyber law. Nowadays, the number of youngsters taking up cyber law course is increasing since technology firms are increasing along with dotcoms, which would offer  lucrative job opportunity to professionals in the field of cyber laws.

Nature of work of cyber lawyers:

Cyber lawyers will be responsible for cracking down cyber crimes pertaining to protection of digital signature for safeguarding electronic records, encryption codes, business transactions, etc… credit card frauds, hacking, etc… these professionals will have to deal with cases pertaining to intellectual property laws/copyrights, net banking, software patents, etc…

Skills required for shining in the field of cyber laws:

Candidates opting for a career in cyber laws should have the ability to analyze the problems and they should have the capacity of offering attention to details. Ability to observe, assimilate and intellectual ability are other pre-requisites for shining in the field of cyber laws. They should have to ability to handle computer and they should also be well-informed about the changes taking place in the field of cyber laws. They should also be oriented and quick witted.

Educational courses:

Courses in cyber laws carry a multi-disciplinary task and it is a multi-dimensional subject that studies subjects like intellectual property laws, company law, telecommunication laws and persona laws. Courses in cyber laws are designed in such a way as to offer support to e-business. There are a number of short-term and long-term courses in the field of cyber laws in India.

Institutes offering professional courses in Cyber laws:

The names of the institutions offers courses in the field of cyber laws are given below:

• Cyber Law College NAAVI in Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Mysore and Chennai

• National Academy of Legal Studies & Research, University of Law, Hyderabad

• National Law School of  India University, Bangalore

• University of Delhi’s Department of law

• Amity Law School, Delhi

• Center for distance education, University of Hyderabad

• Indian Institute of information & Technology

• Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune

• NALSAR University

• Symbiosis Society Law College

Government jobs in Cyber laws:

Cyber lawyers can find job opportunity in a number of positions as follows:

• Network administrators and security advisors in government firms

• As advisors in the ministry of information and technology

• As advisors to web develops

• As Research Assistants in technology firms

• As Research Assistants in law firms

• As cyber consultants in banks, police department and IT firms

Thus, cyber laws can offer lucrative job opportunities to professionals in this field.