How Much Salary Does a Cybersecurity Specialist Get?

Cybersecurity has been among the professions that have been on the rise for quite some time. In a way, these experts, who provide security services, are responsible for protecting the online data of a company or organization. Almost every company and organization have online data. In particular, the internal correspondence includes private information. Companies employ cybersecurity experts so that this data is not captured by others and used for different purposes. So, how much salary does a cybersecurity specialist get?

Cybersecurity Specialists Salaries

Cybersecurity specialists go through a detailed training process. If they receive adequate training, they can open institutions that provide cybersecurity services, or they can work as a cybersecurity specialist only under one organization.

The monthly salary incomes of cybersecurity specialists in the private sector vary according to the company they work for. However, a cybersecurity specialist working in a private institution can receive a salary of at least 3500 lira and at most 17000 lira.

A cybersecurity specialist working in government institutions also receives a salary between 8000 lira and 17000 lira. This situation differs according to the experience, the salary policy of the institution, and of course the place of employment.

What Should Be Done to Become a Cybersecurity Specialist?

Becoming a cybersecurity specialist requires extensive training. There are many educational institutions in the country and abroad that provide education in this field. Graduates of such as departments of universities in our country fallowing:

• Computer engineering,
• Software engineering,
• Electronic Engineering,
• Mathematical engineering 

can become cyber security experts. 

However, just getting these degrees is not enough to become a cybersecurity specialist. After getting these degrees, necessary training should be taken, and people should have developed themselves in the field of cybersecurity.

Universities with a Cybersecurity Department

To be a cybersecurity specialist, there is no obligation to complete just the specified programs. In our country, there are also university departments that provide training to people who want to study only for cybersecurity. Universities with cybersecurity departments in Turkey are Middle East Technical University, Sakarya University, Süleyman Demirel University, and Kocaeli University. These departments of the specified universities can also be preferred, and training can be taken to become a cybersecurity specialist. It is a fact that has been on the rise for a long time and that we are in a time when almost many transactions can be done electronically and that there may be more advances in this area in the future.

Therefore, cybersecurity expertise is among the important professions of the future. Many government agencies continue to open positions for cybersecurity specialists. Cybersecurity specialists who have received the necessary training can practice their profession either in government staff or in private institutions. At the same time, they can establish cybersecurity services and provide cybersecurity services to more than one private institution or employ other cybersecurity specialists.