2023-04-17 11:00:03
Hugo Jasinski has been keen on code since he was a teenager. This 22-year-old student, in his second year at the Ecole des mines in Saint-Etienne, has something to look forward to: his two parents are computer engineers. At the end of his studies, he wants to follow his father’s example: work in cybersecurity, a field that he now considers essential. “In recent years, digital technology has completely taken hold of our lives, both personal and professional”, he recalls. Data protection is becoming a major issue for everyone. “Of course, cybersecurity does not enter directly into the calculation of turnover, but without it, it is impossible for companies to continue their activities”insists the young man.
The threat is real. According to the National Information Systems Security Agency (Anssi), 831 intrusions were thus observed in France in 2022. Hospitals, communities, large and small companies… No one is spared. Not even the National Assembly, which on March 27 was targeted by pro-Russian hacker group NoName057. An attack linked to France’s support for Ukraine.
Faced with this scourge, the government announced in February an investment program of 1 billion euros. The money must in particular be used to structure the sector and create 37,000 jobs by 2025. Except that companies are struggling to recruit. According to a study by the consulting firm Wavestone in March 2022, more than 15,000 positions are unfilled in France. And France is not the only country affected. On a global scale, the shortage would amount to 3.5 million people. All professions are concerned: from engineers to consultants and cybersecurity architects.
Dust off the programs
Institutions of higher education are therefore in battle order. As part of its new engineering school, the University of Picardie-Jules-Verne will launch, from the start of the school year in September, a three-year cybersecurity course, two of which are on a work-study basis. Candidates will be able to access it following a baccalaureate + 2 by competitive examination – and not by Parcoursup. The first promotion, which should include around twenty students, will graduate in 2026.
With the Train-Cyber-Expert project, Télécom SudParis also intends to take part in it by graduating 10,000 new professionals with bac + 5 or equivalent by 2030. But not alone. To realize its ambitions, this major public engineering school, located on two campuses, in Evry-Courcouronnes and Palaiseau (Essonne), works hand in hand with its counterparts from the Institut Mines-Télécom: Télécom Paris, the Saint-Etienne School of Mines, IMT Atlantique, IMT Business School and IMT Mines Alès. Other leading academic players are involved in the project, such as CentraleSupélec, Eurecom, the University of Paris-Saclay and the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, which provide two highly recognized specialized masters: the “applied algebra and cryptography” and the “secrets” master’s degree, which is more computer-oriented.
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