Hardware & Networking

It has a vast scope. We live in a world where we are completely surrounded by computers and the youngsters of the 21st century. Admit it, we are adventurous brats who are always in search of risk. Worse case, a few want to hack in Google and World Bank. Yet there are plenty always busy in cracking someone's never-ending Facebook password. Nevertheless, more the youngsters and the computers, your career in the cyber security field is bright. But it also depends on your skills.

There are two factors that you should consider while deciding where to take admission: the stream
and institution.
If you are not very particular about the stream that you want, then go for better institution i.e. COEP. But if your interest lies strongly in mechanical and you are not getting mechanical at COEP, then you may join WEC.
All the best!

For that, you have to opt CS branch and then you have to gain specialisation in hacking. After that, you can become a ethical hacker.

You can do DCA without completing matriculation.
Good luck.

Yes, you can if you have passed class 12th in science.

There is a vast scope in ethical hacking today and in future also due to high requirement of this quality to protect the data.

Dear,
Knowledge of programming language is very much important here because bugs in programming causes loop hole and makes the entire system compromised which is required to be detected and resolved.
Best wishes.

Yes, you can do it.