Students will be part of protecting the digital systems of today and beyond. They will graduate with the essential skills for cyber threat detection and mitigation. Students will combine experiential learning in Mohawk College's cyber labs with independent online learning.

Program Highlights

• Design cyber security solutions to protect business resources. • Create best practices in protecting mobile devices, smart homes and Industry 4.0 factories from cyber attacks. • Participate in simulation labs where students will defend against cyber attacks. • Engage in hands on experiential learning in Mohawk College's state of the art cyber labs facilitated by expert faculty • Study using extensive online learning and night classes to fit busy schedule

Learning outcomes

• Develop, implement and evaluate cyber security strategies and solutions for various operating systems, networks, application software, and packages. • Respond to the cyber security needs of internal stakeholders. • Recommend processes and procedures for maintenance and deployment of cyber security solutions. • Design and implement cyber security solutions in compliance with current security policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations. • Design and implement project management principles throughout the organization’s information security processes. • Risk mitigation and auditing of information systems. • Develop and deliver appropriate internal cyber security training. • Communicate security policies, audit results and related documentation to any level of the organization. • Monitor and analyze various attackers’ tactics, strategies and techniques to design vulnerability assessment procedures. • Implement vulnerability assessment procedures to find and solve existing security issues in a network.