SynopsisIndia’s active cybersecurity talent pool stands at around 370,000 professionals and has grown about 30% over the past two years, according to specialist staffing firm Xpheno. More than 45% of this workforce comprises entry-level, junior, and mid-junior professionals, creating a gap between available talent and enterprise requirements.The launch of new courses such as Bachelor of Cybersecurity by Indian Institutes of Technology in Madras and Kanpur has triggered a fresh debate over whether specialised undergraduate programmes can meet the cybersecurity industry’s evolving talent needs, as artificial intelligence changes the nature of cyber defence and hiring.“To bridge the talent deficit, especially in core and frontier security engineering, this is a welcome shift. As aNow Playing