Tech Gigs For Cyber Security

 5 Ways African Techies Can Make Money In Cyber Security

Cyber security concerns are affecting African government websites, Parastatals, and companies that operate online. Over the past couple of years, hackers have disrupted online platforms used by Africans including websites run by African governments to renew documents and offer services to their citizens. There is a huge need for cyberspace used by these entities to be safe for them as well as their users. African tech professionals can use this as an opportunity to earn money in cyber security. 

Security Auditor

Independent cyber security experts are very valuable for companies that need to boost their website security. With high-risk transactions being done online such as banking and renewing documents, it is important that the website be safe for its clients and users of the website. As a security auditor, you could look for weak points that could be vulnerable to attacks on the website and recommend possible solutions.

Construct Instructional Courses

Constructing instructional courses is a simple way to break into the cyber security industry. Computer science experts and those skilled in cyber security knowledge can create courses that can help pass down the knowledge to others operating their businesses online. This can be especially helpful to smaller companies that do not have cyber security team within their company. You can provide for sale courses on specific topics online that can be used when needed. This can provide continual passive income for you.

Consultant

An independent cyber security consultant can be useful to a company trying to plan its online presence. As a consultant, you can offer valuable advice on how to set up a company's online presence from the website, databases, servers, and even social media presence. You can also perform assessment tests and offer your expertise in how cyber security can be boosted.

Create Cybersecurity Apps

A sure way to serve a large population with cyber security needs in Africa is to create an application to solve a problem. Computer programmers and app developers could find a pain point in cybersecurity and create an app to resolve it. These apps can be used by a company to log in their employees in their systems. These apps can also do things like scanning their websites for bugs and detect robots used to log into their systems. Wherever there is a need an app can solve it and make you money.

Create Cyber Security Content

With a vast number of free platforms allowing you to create content for free, like blogger, Youtube, Facebook, and TickTock you can attract a large following if you create content that is valuable and relevant to your audience. Creating cyber security content is a great way to be a trusted reliable voice on a topic that can lead you to create apps, creating courses as well as public speaking gigs due to your expertise in the topic.

Most importantly we need to ensure that the online space is a safe place for Africans to do transactions, get information and buy and sell goods and services so that we can make money online and use the convenience of the internet.

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