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John Hanafin: Providing Bespoke Strategic Management Support Globally

A focused professional with an entrepreneurial drive and a commercial mindset, John Hanafin has nearly three decades of experience in the HNW Trust and Corporate Service Industry, with over 15 years spent in the Middle East, between the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain. John is passionate about serving the needs of his clients across the planet and ensuring that they receive all the relevant, quality advice accompanied by a high level of service.

John is a financier, investor, deal maker, and founder of Huriya Private, an award-winning advisory service company working with a select number of families and individuals.

A veteran of the financial services industry, sports management, commercial and promotional media, residency, and citizenship planning, John has served as Executive and Non-Executive Director on several boards. He has also worked with multiple governments providing advice on structuring and implementing programs to boost corporate re-domiciliation and foreign direct investment. John is a Chartered member of the Securities Institute, a member of the International Tax Planning Association, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the International Business Structuring Association, and an FA Registered Intermediary.

An Award Winning Advisory Service Company

Established in 2018, Huriya Private is an independent, award-winning, international private equity, immigration, multi-family office, and corporate structuring firm based in Dubai, UAE.

The word ‘Huriya’ means ‘Freedom’ in Arabic. Freedom of movement is a fundamental right preserved in the laws and constitutions of most countries. However, enough evidence shows this right is limited to the borders and visa restrictions of one’s country of citizenship or lawful residence. Huriya Private can help break down these restrictions by providing its clients the freedom to travel visa-free and expatriate their wealth in the most commercial, tax-efficient, and cost-effective way.

Huriya’s team includes accountants, lawyers, tax advisors, on and offshore structuring and formation specialists. Collectively, the firm’s team has several decades of international experience in its field, which helps them to have a deep understanding of the demands and requirements of Huriya’s clients.

With several offices spread across Qatar, Switzerland, Albania, and Cyprus, Huriya Private is massively experienced in advising the GCC’s wealthiest individuals, helping them to protect, manage and enhance their private wealth.

Providing a Holistic Set of Services

Throughout his 25 years of working with several high-net-worth individuals within trust management and Corporate services, John knows what makes a person successful. His personal experience in succeeding in several locations across the planet has helped him to understand what it needs to make an impactful global imprint, and residency and citizenship by investment is only the first step, among many.

So, John has structured his company to boast a holistic set of services that provide its investors with a full range of services and solutions that can allow them to become global citizens by replicating their success worldwide; increasing their wealth, protecting their assets, breaking down boundaries, hedging against political and economic turbulence, and obtaining true financial and political sovereignty.

John says, “At Huriya Private, we take the business of family offices to the next level, harmonizing it with RCBI to produce optimal solutions for our clients that address every need. Our experienced team of professionals comes with diverse backgrounds, specialties, and experiences, enabling us to provide a holistic approach to business, and our vast array of services reflects that structure.”

Currently, the organization provides several path-breaking services, including;

Corporate Structuring: The organization provides this knowledge to its investors by carefully planning their global corporate structure, using an innovative analytical approach to ensure the well-being of its clients’ interests. Huriya offers corporate structuring solutions that cover all the necessary criteria, including tax structuring, financial distributions, succession planning, risk mitigation, and more.

Corporate Banking Services: Huriya’s long-term relationships with various first-rate banks like Emirates NBD, Barclays, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Credit Suisse, Citi, and HSBC help the firm provide unmatched banking services to its clients, who can take advantage of the firm’s network to conduct businesses and seamlessly move their finances throughout the planet.

Trust Incorporation and Management: Huriya offers a wide range of digital finance management solutions for corporations and individuals, enabling them to enhance their crypto portfolio, mainly by supplementing it with RCBI solutions matching their profiles and objectives.

Tax and Accounting Services: The firm also provides tax and accounting services by handling international tax compliance, auditing, and accounting operations to enable its clients to focus on their primary business activities and more significant matters.

Becoming Truly Global: RCBI is the core functionality of Huriya Private, as it is a getaway for a better life on a global scale. However, by supplementing RCBI with intricate corporate and wealth management services, Huriya allows its clients to fulfill their potential and make their mark in the international arena.

Giving it Back to the Global Community

“In recent years, I have focused more on giving back to the global community we are part of. This is part of the reason that Huriya Private Foundation was founded. The Foundation aims to positively impact the lives of the underprivileged children, women, and families we work with.”– States John.

Although recently launched, the Huriya Private Foundation has already succeeded in leading several philanthropic initiatives by partnering with several other humanitarian organizations. It has joined the growing ranks of the global wealth management industry, acknowledging the importance of promoting the highest standards of ethical and sustainable behaviors. Huriya Private Foundation was also awarded the “Best Philanthropy InitiativeMENA’ at the Inaugural WealthBriefing Wealth for Good Awards, 2022.

Picture of the Future

Huriya strives to offer its clients an extremely high level of service by ensuring and recruiting the top specialists in its field. With its team of highly reputable advisors qualified in tax, law, and accountancy, the firm aims to provide security and support to our clients while providing transparency and a high level of service.

Marwa Kaabour: Redefining Leadership

Meet Marwa Kaabour, the Group Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication of Al Masaood LLC, one of the most prominent family-owned business conglomerates in Abu Dhabi, which formed concurrently with the UAE’s union back in 1971. The group provides comprehensive solutions to its customers across 18 different industry sectors through its diverse activities and divisions. As an organization, Al Masaood has always aimed to serve and support the growth and development of the UAE, specifically in Abu Dhabi.

Being Abu Dhabi’s largest family business, the Al Masaood Group has pioneered the fields of automotive, transport, power, and industrial, constantly growing and developing the country for more than five decades. The group’s flagship company Al Masaood Automobiles is a leader in Abu Dhabi’s automotive market. Its Power Division has long been supporting the power, marine and renewables industry in Abu Dhabi. From the very early days of importing the first gas turbine and constructing the first water desalination plant, the group has always supported Abu Dhabi’s economic development.

The Steadfast Leader

Marwa has been a part of the marketing and communication industry for nearly three decades in the Middle East. She started her career with organizations like Leo Burnett and Impact BBDO. However, she soon decided to switch to the client side and started helping organizations build their marketing and corporate communication functions. During her long and illustrious career, Marwa has helped create and manage strategic marketing communications for several international and regional firms, including government entities of the region. Marwa’s experience includes her work in energy, manufacturing, aviation, automotive, FMCG, food & beverage, construction, and retail industries.

A graduate of the American University of Sharjah’s undergraduate and post-graduate programs, Marwa holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management and an Executive MBA. She also holds certifications from the Center for Sustainability Excellence CSE in Brussuels as a Certified Sustainability Marketer and the Institute of Digital Marketing in Ireland as a Certified Digital Marketer.

Greatest Achievement

In her current role, Marwa started with communication development from scratch. Later she moved into the overhaul and upscaling of the marketing delivery. Marwa feels her most significant achievement was forming a team of marketing and communications titans who eventually worked to improve brand equity and have tremendously grown the company’s marketing and PR value. Even during the pandemic, Al Masaood LLC’s brands experienced the greatest growth, with its PR value rising by over 700 percent and its sales increasing by six folds.

An Ever-Evolving Industry

As a veteran of the industry, Marwa would like much more cohesion and harmony among marketing and communication practitioners. Thanks to the abundance of data, the lines between marketing and communication practices have been blurred completely, and now the primary challenge is to know how to best leverage the data to help a brand thrive. Marwa believes introducing efficiencies across both disciplines is of utmost importance. Presently marketers are being challenged, and their roles are becoming extremely complex as they shoulder the additional responsibilities of business transformations. So, present-day marketing and communication practitioners need to start a brand’s transformation from the inside by developing performance-driven cultures and then transitioning it to reflect on the outside.

A Different Organization

Growth is an ongoing objective for everyone at Al Masaood. It needs continuous work and transformation to keep up with the changing market trends and customer preferences. As a part of the group’s customer-centric ethos, Al Masaood always looks to provide value-driven experiences and services to its clients and customers. As a company, Al Masaood places a strong emphasis on building long-standing and fruitful relationships with all of its stakeholders. Its vision of growing together, delivering value, and embracing heritage set the group apart from its competitors.

Picture of the Future

Since its inception Al Masaood has faithfully served the UAE across the fields it operates in. For over the last five decades, the group has moved in synergy with the UAE, and now as it embarks on the next 50 years journey, it is aligned with the country’s vision by continuously diversifying and investing in the economy’s key strategic sectors.

Marwa says, “Al Masaood’s future plans also consider the pressing environmental factors around us. As such, we have developed a strategy that places sustainability and innovation at the core. From electrification to renewables, clean energy, diversification, and customer centricity, we’ve got a busy agenda at hand.”

Kiran Haslam: Redefining Leadership

Meet Kiran Jay Haslam, the Chief Marketing Officer for the Diriyah Gate Development Authority, establishing Diriyah within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and re-establishing its position internationally, not just as the birthplace of the Kingdom but also as a center for heritage and culture in Arabia.

Kiran started his journey as a young man intrigued by nature and the underwater world of oceans and the Amazon. So, he joined the university to study Marine Biology due to his fascination for Ichthyology, but it quickly morphed into engineering and technology, where he completed his graduation. In his early days, Kiran toured the entire world as a jazz musician and composer, performing at concerts and festivals and writing and performing compositions for film and television programs. Kiran describes himself as a true nomad, fully dedicated to chasing discomfort and forever on a mission to experience new things and shift into new roles. He has worked in public relations, advertising, and media. Kiran has also worked as an editor and writer focusing on art, travel, and automotive. Recently he has also authored a couple of story books for children to raise funds for conservation.

“From a young age, I was exposed to the world uniquely and powerfully due to my expatriate family life. In my youth, we lived in Penang, Singapore, and California for several years, exposing me to different sounds, sights, smells, and tastes. At a young age, I took an anthropological leap into the work of Joseph Campbell, and that is probably where the first burst of marketing kicked into play to complement the understanding of human behavior I garnered from being a professional musician and entertainer. Campbell also joined the dots for me on Carl Jung’s “archetypes of the collective unconscious,” which is where my marketing approach tapped into the essence of branding.”- Says Kiran.

Greatest Accomplishment

Kiran feels his most significant achievement at DGDA is bringing together one of the most talented marketing teams. This team has a unique Saudi voice with a global understanding and is motivated to take everything to the next level – even when levels don’t exist!

On the personal front, he feels his greatest achievement would be bringing a unique creative voice and touch to a corporate table and bringing significant change, which is hard to do in most corporations due to the ‘play it far too safe’ stance and lack of understanding on how creative arts can drive innovation in an organization.

A different Organization

Kiran knows everyone at DGDA truly believes in Diriyah, making it far less daunting to realize that nothing like this has ever been created or delivered. Especially nothing in terms of the scale or complexity, with the added layers of traditional architecture and mud-brick construction techniques, a truly smart city, and pedestrianized urban living, all of which are community-centric.

Kiran and his team are also enthusiastic about the fact that they have a significant role to play in Vision 2030, and thanks to the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and of course the amazing Jerry Inzerillo help them make enormous strides towards building a vibrant society with a thriving economy are taking place across the Kingdom. “Diriyah is unique in the rate at which it is coming to life and its significance being a human-scale development in the capital city of Riyadh.”– He says.

What Success Looks Like

Success for Kiran would be changing people’s misconceptions about the Kingdom. “Stereotypes in films and popular culture have fed into a very shallow understanding of Saudi Arabia for many people worldwide over several decades. They don’t know Saudi yet, but more and more people are visiting Saudi for themselves, engaging with real people – Saudis from all walks of life – and traveling across the Kingdom to see breathtaking environments.”- He states.

Being the 15th largest country on the planet, with so much to offer visitors, Diriyah will soon be a focal point for this visitation, and Kiran feels the project has a unique ability to remove all prejudices, misconceptions, and narrow-minded views, leaving all those who interact with us with a real understanding of the culture, customs, traditions, and warmth that are entirely unique to the Kingdom.

For DGDA, success can be measured over time by its contribution of over $7.2 billion to the Kingdom’s GDP, creation of over 55,000 jobs, and the attraction of visitors across the world to increase the tourist footfall in the Kingdom to over 27 million each year by 2030.

Future Roadmap

Kingdom’s At-Turaif UNESCO World Heritage Site stands at the project’s centerpiece and serves as the inspiration for what Kiran and his team do. DGDA’s aim for Diriyah to return to being one of the great gathering places in the world, with the same status that the Acropolis has to the Greeks or the Colosseum has to the Romans.

How Upselling Can Help Your Business

Upselling is one of the popular tactics in many businesses to increase sales profit. This sales technique influences customers to buy a more expensive, upgraded product or service to achieve greater sales profit. Many bigger organizations or businesses often use Upselling and Cross-selling sales tactics to help maximize their revenue growth. 

A HubSpot survey in 2022 revealed that 72% of people who use upsell and 74% who use cross-sell said that it drives their revenue growth up to 30%. This data opens up actual profit, and revenue growth businesses gain through sales upsell and cross-sell tactics. Though sometimes people take these sales tactics and strategies in a negative way but if it goes right, then it can actually improve customers’ buying experience. 

Actual Concept of Upselling

Upselling encourages customers to purchase a more expensive, comparable, premium version of a product. In the upselling strategy, you have to develop your product better than the previous one, in which customers take more interest. If customers find a premium version of that product, they are likely to buy it at a high price. You can gain loyalty and satisfaction from customers as you offer them a high-quality product. Generally, existing customers are more likely to purchase your upselling products than your new prospects. To make it more simple, we try to understand upselling with an example. 

Example of Upselling

Suppose there is an electronic company that sells earphones to customers. If this company has to earn more profit from that electronic product, then it has to use one of the tactics. Sales representatives in this company suggest adding a new noise canceling feature to the same earphones. Then this same earphone with added noise canceling feature comes into the market at a higher price, and customers happily buy it. So, this addition of new features by increasing the price of that product is exactly what we call upselling of the product. This upselling tactic fulfills the needs of customers in a better way and generates good profits for sellers also. 

I think the above upselling example can give you a clear idea of the Upselling concept in sales tactics. In this article, we will discuss how upselling helps businesses by offering several benefits.

  • Increase revenue of the business

Business growth is not simply retaining customers you have. It is important to increase your profits and business revenue wallet by selling your products to existing customers. The upselling strategy offers a superior and expensive product to customers, which they buy to fulfill their needs in a better way which adds profits to the company’s revenue. Upselling is the best marketing strategy because it gives you return money instead of spending to attract new customers and buyers for your products. 

  • Increase customer loyalty

In fact, upselling sales tactics are closely related to customer satisfaction. In business, customers’ loyalty and retaining ability are the major problems leading to the steady growth of the business. In upselling, you increase the average order value of the product along with its durability and quality experience from that product. So, this quality enhancement of product helps you to gain cusomters’ support and retenation. These added features impress customers to buy your product without regretting extra costs. If those upselling features are better than the previous version of that product, then customers become more satisfy and loyal toward your product brand. 

  • Enhance ROI 

Upselling offers your quick business profits with a high return on investment. After hard work of marketing, finding customers, and selling desirable products, you must focus on upselling your products to increase the company’s ROI. If you do not apply this tactic to your products, you literally lose half of the money of your profit margin. Increasing interaction with your current leads can give you more orders and opportunities to apply this strategy to generate better ROI profits. 

  • Improve customer lifetime value

Customer lifetime value is the average value spent by customers on your business or product during the lifetime of a business relationship. You can categorize your customers into less profitable, profitable, and highly profitable, which gives you a clear value of CLV. Upselling is one of the best techniques to raise Customer lifetime value for your business. Improved features in your products force customers to come back to your business to buy again, and this strategy allows you to add new features to the product. The return rate of customers towards your products strengthens your business relationship for a lifetime which likely tends to increase the CLV of your company. 

  • Offers flexibility to customers

Upselling and cross-selling strategies not only generate business sales profits but are also useful in giving the best convenient service to customers. In upselling, you give add-ons and updated service with your product, which allows customers to choose what they want according to their requirements. This convenience deepens customer relationships with your company for a long time. 

  • Balance growth of new and existing customers

Upselling helps your organization to maintain a healthy ratio of new and existing customers. Existing customers are more likely attracted to your deals and premium than new buyers. New customer growth is essential to build the future of your company, and existing customers are the survival of your company. So, applying an upselling tactic wisely gives you a good response from both type of customers in the market. 

Final Thoughts 

These benefits of upselling greatly assist your business in generating considerable profits with customer satisfaction. Upselling is not a dirty tactic at all. It is one of the best marketing strategies to balance the profits of customers and sellers in the market. So businesses must use this tactic by doing deep research of the market, which gives you the correct idea about how to apply it for your business.

Foster Melliar UK: Upskilling Clients with Consultant-Led Courses and eLearning Products

During the early 1990s, Foster Melliar Learning Solutions was one of the first South African companies that adopted the globally recognized best practice approach to IT Service Management known as ITIL. Thanks to this solid foundation, the organization brought together some of the most skilled and experienced specialists in the country to supplement its ITIL portfolio with a range of best practices, including;

  • COBIT, best practices for IT and governance.
  • DevOps, best practices combining Software Development and IT operations, shortening development life cycles, and providing continuous delivery with high-quality software.
  • Agile, best practices relevant to Software Development Project Management

With the vision to be the knowledge partner of choice for consulting, learning, and implementing value-added business systems and processes, the organization introduced its first branch in the U.K in 2022 (Foster-Melliar UK.).

With this new branch in the U.K, Foster-Melliar is continuously expanding its portfolio of products and services to meet the ever-changing needs of organizations and individuals throughout the globe, which ensures its readiness for the deployment of new technology in the Beta and early adopter phases of leading cloud and related technologies, offering clients the competitive advantage of ‘first to market adoption.

As a member of the Foster-Melliar Group, the organization is a fully accredited consulting, training, and skills development provider. Evolving over 3 decades, the organization’s clients include corporates and skills, development providers. Evolving over 3 decades, the organization’s clients include corporates, individuals, school leavers, graduates, and various government agencies. It is a leading provider of IT solutions, business consulting services, and broad-based skills training courses that enable its clients to value and optimize various business and technology processes for individuals to stay ahead of technological advancements.

The organization’s innovative consultant-led training and coaching capabilities also help its clients maximize their human capital investments and quickly react to the changing markets by developing a framework to evaluate, deploy, manage, and extend the skills of their human intellectual capital skills. Foster-Melliar’s consultants are geared to deliver the programs and apply them to specific work environments.

Path Breaking Services

Led by its CEO, Peter Clark, Foster–Melliar offers virtual instructor-led training, consulting, and eLearning in a wide range of digital and IT skills. Through the organization’s affordable e-learning platform, clients can also upskill themselves or their entire workforce at a significantly less cost in a shorter time period with courses like the ITIL Foundation course, People Development courses, Microsoft Azure courses, or Microsoft Apps courses.

“Foster-Melliar will Educate – Mentor – Empower you and make your IT future possible through teaching, learning, and growing.”

Foster-Melliar’s Microsoft 365 training is the perfect place to start for clients focused on service and business management skills. Once the Microsoft 365 course is completed, clients can opt for other complex certifications like Microsoft Administrator Expert or Microsoft Security Administrator. Foster-Melliar’s consultants can also help clients upskill in various business applications like Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Supply Chain Management, etc. The consultant-led trainers are also proficient in Service Management and Business Management training, helping clients choose the best platform and services that work best for the business.

Helping Clients to Improve their Skills

“It is essential to keep your employees certified and up to speed, from the CIO right down to the bottom layers of your organization, not just in terms of technology, but in terms of how each specific job role maps out within the greater context of what the business does.”– says Peter.

He believes that in order to improve their daily tasks and roles within the company, everyone and every company needs to learn quickly. As technology changes, the process for the tasks at hand becomes outdated. With courses being updated as technology updates, there will be a continuous need for people, employees, and companies to upskill. Providing the opportunity to learn and upskill often increases employees’ motivation for everything.

Tackling the Pandemic

Due to the pandemic-induced lockdowns and social distancing norms, corporate classroom training was massively affected. During this time, Foster-Melliar witnessed a sharp decrease in classroom training and an exponential increase in eLearning self-study training on its online learning portal and virtual courses through Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

With the resumption of the traditional educational system, Foster-Melliar now expects to meet the learning style of students, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of students and courses, improve user accessibility, a sense of belonging to a class or community, and discussions between students just like in the classroom, sharing knowledge, and the same quality of qualifications.

Picture of the Future

Foster-Melliar U.K aspires to be the knowledge partner of choice for consulting, learning, and implementing value-added business systems and processes. It intends to upskill and develop people as managers and leaders, which keeps employees productive and accelerates their career development for the better.

“Expanding our eLearning solutions to the world is our next step. The next branch that we are opening is in Australia.”– asserts Peter.

Capitol Technology University: Empowering Students to Build Great Careers

In 1927, Navy veteran Eugene H. Rietzke founded Capitol Technology University in Washington, D.C., as the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Initially, the institute served to educate radio and electronics technicians, and later with growing popularity, it started offering other areas of study related to engineering and technology. As the school evolved, it underwent several name and location changes before moving to Laurel, MD. Campus in 1980 and settling on the current name Capitol Technology University in 2014. Thanks to its strong leadership, Capitol Tech has grown into an MHEC-accredited, bustling academic community offering graduate and undergraduate degrees.

Led by its President, Dr. Bradford L. Sims, Capitol Technology University is a private, independent university offering 26 Bachelor’s, 21 Master’s, and 32 Doctoral degree options in a variety of STEM-based subject areas. Every program at the university focuses on helping students develop practical and modern skills that will make them valuable assets for their employers. Its most popular study program is its acclaimed Cyber and Information Security major, which has received several honors, including the 2020 S.C. Media Award for Best Cybersecurity Higher Education Program. It also has expertly designed Construction Management & Critical Infrastructure Programs, which help students prepare for lucrative careers in the industry. The career-focused university provides two unique promises for eligible students–the Chargers Assistance Program (CAP), which promises to assist students with paying off loans if their post-graduation income is under $50,000, and the Capitol Commitment, which offers to fund up to 36 additional academic credits for students who do not find employment within 90 days of graduation.

A Technology-Obsessed Leader

Dr. Bradford L. Sims joined Capitol Technology University in 2017 as its eighth president. An educator, administrator, and construction project manager, Dr. Sims has a massive experience in academia and in numerous career industries.

Dr. Sims was introduced to computer programming at a very young age when he received a Commodore 64 as a birthday gift. Soon after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Building Construction Management from Purdue University, he spent significant time in project management for industrial construction companies. His technical knowledge provided him with the opportunity to not only oversee projects but to have involvement in managing the computer systems at each company he served. Later, he returned to the University of Florida to pursue his Master of Science in Building Construction and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Purdue. These studies eventually led Dr. Sims to his first position in the higher education industry as an assistant professor at the University of Florida. Later, he worked in various positions in the higher education industry before joining Capitol.

Setting High Standards

Capitol Technology University sets itself apart by helping students find their careers immediately after graduation. The university has partnerships with major government agencies like the NSA, allowing its students to build career connections quickly. It hires faculty members who not only have brilliant minds and a passion for teaching, but have worked in the industry and can show students what their future employers could look for. Additionally, Capitol’s programs are developed on the base of the current STEM career industry, and each subject area was designed to meet the specific demands of the job market.

Tackling the Pandemic

Although Covid-19 made it very difficult for many colleges and universities to operate in person, leading to a decline in enrollment, Capitol was already well-positioned to tackle the pandemic due to its existing robust online learning infrastructure.

“While we missed the lively on-campus presence of our undergraduate students during 2020, we successfully continued operations virtually and maintained the same level of quality and excellence that our community expects.”- Dr. Sims said.

Helping Students Build Great Careers

Since its foundation in 1927, Capitol’s primary mission has been to provide its students with great careers. What has changed is the university’s commitment to offering its education at advanced degree levels and the delivery methods of several of its degrees. During the late 1990s, Capitol Tech was one of the leaders in converting its Master’s degrees to online delivery, which helped it to reach a much wider audience of full-time working students. Later it added an online doctoral degree to serve working students who wanted to continue their education. Initially, the online experience was a synchronous 16-week semester. However, to meet the current student needs, synchronous delivery has migrated to asynchronous delivery with the addition of 8-week courses.

Preparing for the Future

As a career-focused university, Capitol will continue to look at the future needs of the industries it serves and add new degree programs and certifications to fill that market demand. Capitol Tech works closely and has many partnerships with associations, companies, government agencies, and government subcontractors and uses many full-time industry employees to instruct in classes both on campus and online, ensuring that the university stays active in current and future industry needs across the United States and internationally.

Top 10 Cyber Security Jobs for 2023

Cybersecurity experts had gained relevance for many days. As our global business and government agencies mostly work on internet connectivity that’s why organizations get more suffered from threats of hacking and cyber-attacks. Thus, enterprises and business organizations currently reinforce their security system by investing more in cyber security. 

The increasing number of cyber-attacks like malware, ransomware, hacking, data breaches, crypto mining, and tunneling creates a high risk for all industries in the world. So, if we look at the career path of cyber security experts and professionals, it is evolving and inspiring with great opportunities. 

Holding a bag of few years of experience with advanced course certification, and an efficient skill set can offer you the best and high-salary job in the cyber security field. 

Let’s explore job opportunities and responsibilities in cyber security. 

  • Cyber security engineer

Cybersecurity engineers are experts in the cybersecurity field. They design and create secured networks for systems to strengthen the security of an enterprise or organization. This major role of cyber security engineers makes them an integral part of the system. These professionals have in-depth and accurate knowledge of security systems which creates a high demand for them in tech companies. The average salary of these professionals is nearly 1,64,861 per year. 

  • Cloud security expert

Most companies and enterprises adopt cloud security systems to secure or store sensitive data. Therefore, there is a demand for these experts in different countries to maintain systems’ infrastructure and cloud security controls. To get expertise and be eligible for this job role, you require a proper certification in cyber and cloud security course with minimum 2-5 years of experience. The annual income of these experts is $86,264.

  • CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)

The chief information security officer is a senior executive role in the field of cyber security. These senior experts develop and implement security programs in the systems to avoid threats and attacks. In addition, they have to play an important role in handling data breaches and other security incidents. A CISO is typically a skilled expert with deep knowledge of information technology and security. To acquire this position, one must have extensive professional experience in the field and also supportive certification. The average annual income of CISO is $197,362

  • Malware analyst

A malware analyst is responsible for detecting viruses, bots, worms, rootkits, and trojan types of cyber-attacks. All these cyber-attacks disturb the system and can transfer to another system. To become a malware analyst, you must first take a computer science degree and a cyber-security certification course. Having at least two years of experience is necessary to get the desired salary and a position in the company. The annual income of these professionals in cyber security is $91,886.

  • Forensic analyst

Forensic analysts play a desirable role in criminal branches to investigate crimes virtually. They examine all digital data, firewalls, and databases to determine the threat and the malicious activity of the cyber attacker. These professionals mainly extract data from devices while investigating to find the culprit and present evidence to the court. You require proper certification like CCE and CFCE from authorized institutes to acquire this position in the forensic department. The average income of a forensic analyst is $80,990 per year. 

  • SOC analyst

SOC is a security operation center generally used in cyber security. This branch handles the most relevant cybersecurity operations and tasks. The main aim of this system is to find cyber threats by creating several technological tools. SOC analyst is one of the responsible positions in SOC to deal with cyber-attacks and threats. These experts monitor every malicious activity of cyber attackers and inform the organization’s senior members to reduce the security risk. To become a SOC analyst, you must have a computer science degree and certification in a cyber-security course from a reputed institution. 

  • Ethical hackers

Certified ethical hackers are cyber security professionals who perform the relevant security functions for a company’s computer system. These experts do advanced security work for companies and help them to identify and diminish cyber threats and breaches. Identifying high-level security areas and breaches, conducting penetration tests, and maintaining the company’s network structure are some major job responsibilities of ethical hackers. They require bachelor’s degrees in computer science and CEH certification. Ethical hackers can earn a good income of up to $67,209.

  • Incident manager

An incident manager handles the situation or incident related to cyber-attacks in the respective companies. Incident managers help employees, staff, and customers resolve their issues and problems. They can take any necessary step to normalize the working operation after any incident. To become an incident manager, you must have strong communication and decision-making abilities. However, the average income of an incident manager is $65,000.

  • Application security expert

These experts handle the development, implementation, and maintenance of the security system of applications. App security experts design security policies and methods to avoid internal and external cyber threats. You should have certified courses in cyber security and cyber-attacks with an understanding of network security. The salary of these experts wholly depends upon an individual’s experience. Salary ranges between $68,241 to $93,708. 

  • Cyber security consultant

Cyber security consultants generally resolve the cyber security issues of businesses and organizations. To start your professional consultancy service, you must initially have authorized certification to show employers and business leaders. Your experience in the consultancy field determines the engagement of your clients and customers. Good communication and appropriate service can give you limitless opportunities in this field.

Top 10 Businesses to Start with 100K

According to studies, 62% of adults are interested in entrepreneurship as a career option. In the United States, 90% of American Billionaires are self-made. Most people start their own business to be their own boss in the office. People turn towards building mostly small businesses which give them enough profit and freedom of work. There are about 30.7 million small business owners in the U.S alone. 

The Internet gives freedom to entrepreneurs to reach up to their peers and learn from their feedback. There is an initial requisition for enough capital to start a business or startup. You can start a good business in a minimum amount because ‘whoever starts small can finish big’. Several offline and online businesses can give you good output in small investments. 

So, if you have found your eureka moment in your life and you wish to start your own business then here are 10 top and profitable business ideas with 100k capital. 

  • Auto repair

An automobile repair business will thrive as long as there are motorcycles and cars. Every car and bike requires maintenance and repair. So you can start your automobile equipment shop or simply a service garage with minimum cost. If you are from an engineering or IT background, you can easily achieve high progress in this business. Before starting a business, it is vital to consider an ideal location, competitors, skilled workers, and your untiring efforts. Your Consistency and the trust of customers lend your business to great heights. 

  • Electronics

New business opportunities and innovations are constantly emerging due to rapid advancements in electronic technology. Smartphones, laptops, and other electronic devices are becoming an integral part of people’s everyday lives, creating a huge demand for them in the market. You can initially buy the franchise of the brand with maintenance and servicing of products. Focus on the market demand and advanced, in-demand appliances, which attract more customers to your business. 

  • Investment Agency

If you have deep knowledge and experience in investing, you can start your own agency and provide the service of managing clients’ money by generating profits for them through the share market. One thing to consider in this business is that your predictions and knowledge of the market should be good. It requires trust to hand over money to someone else’s hand. People only believe when they see your past successful results. So start your investing consultancy with your relatives and friends and then develop new success stories and considerable profits for them. This helps you to gain the trust of new customers in the market. 

  • SEO firm

Many online businesses and marketing organizations have their own website and utilize online platforms for launching their products and services. In recent years, SEO marketing strategy has become a great opportunity for businesses. It is sometimes difficult for businesses to find skilled SEO experts. Collaborating with business clients and giving them a perfect SEO strategy will help your firm to grow with minimum investments. 

  1. Web designing business

If you have experience and relevant knowledge of web designing, you can start a web designing service business for clients. This business also requires less capital initially. Nowadays, every small or big business needs the best digital presence to grow its customers. By grabbing this valuable opportunity, you can start your web designing business with paid online tools, a little place for your shop, and your excellent skill set and creativity. 

  1. Digital Marketing

Before starting any startup or agency, educate yourself with profound knowledge of that service. Digital marketing is one of those fields which requires a thorough study of the market. There are too many competitors in the market, so you must select a proper niche to start your digital marketing agency. Focus on the audience and clients, share your work and experience with them and do the client’s work as honestly as possible. This will assist you in raising your market value. 

  1. Job Consultancy

There is a growing need for job consultancies in the market. There are many such startups in the market, but they do not offer enough efficient services, including career guidance, CV designing, connecting with HRs, and interview preparation tips. Therefore, you will face less competition. If you start consultancy with lucrative services for job seekers by creating proper connections with recruiters, then opportunities and possibilities of success are limitless. 

  • Cafe 

Creative cooking and hardcore foodie nature indicate that you can start a successful food business. Initially, less investment and more creativity will assist you in running your Cafe service in your city. You have only to find a perfect location to build your cafe corner and essential raw materials for the deliveries. I would suggest that use lots of creativity while decorating your cafe and menu card and develop a happy and blissful atmosphere to welcome your customers. Design a menu card with particular dishes, reducing customers’ confusion and increasing their interest in buying your items in less time. 

  1. Nursery business

There are too many emerging plant parents in the world. Most youngsters and adults share a bond with plants, and so they choose to decorate their balconies and house with several plants. If you are interested enough in nurturing plants and have a botanical background, you can start a nursery with minimum investment. As the nursery business comes under the agricultural sector, you have to take a license to start it. Besides this, you need a proper land and atmosphere to grow your plant products efficiently. Rising interest in plant parenthood among the millennials increases the opportunities in the nursery business. 

  1.  Start Online Store

In today’s online shopping era, you have endless opportunities to sell your desired products by opening your online store. Many large e-commerce companies allow small businesses to sell their products online. There are several options like jewelry making, fashion and smartphone accessories, and health and food products, which you can sell to target customers using online stores with low investment and good profits

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