Cyber Security

Gain the knowledge and in-demand skills needed to become an industry-ready IT security professional. Graduates of this two-year post-graduate program will be equipped to help organizations prevent fraud, data breaches and other vulnerabilities.

Find your career

Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand and find careers working in a range of sectors, including computer systems design, financial institutions, public administration and government departments. The Centre for Strategic and International Studies estimates that by 2022 at least 1.8 unfilled cybersecurity positions will exist worldwide. IBM findings reveal cybersecurity job postings have grown by 94 percent over the past six years and according to Deloitte International Canada will need to fill 8,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next few years.

Graduates of this program will develop essential skills in the following areas:

  • Security
  • Network management
  • Analysis
  • Programming
  • Operating systems
  • Cryptography
  • Cyber forensics
  • Investigation
  • Cloud security
  • Penetration testing
  • Wireless and mobile security
  • Incident response techniques