Prepare for a career in Cyber Security at Loyalist College! Gain hands-on skills and industry certifications. Apply now for international student support!
Students will 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. With this hands-on program, students will learn the knowledge and skills needed to protect and support organizations’ cyber security needs: Learn how to develop, implement and evaluate cyber security solutions to protect organizations from internal and external threats. Practise assessing defensive programming and cyber security strategies, and gain experience recommending security controls for the effective maintenance and deployment of cyber security solutions to protect systems and information. Acquire skills for designing and implementing cyber security polices and strategies using project management principles. Develop strategies for optimizing the effectiveness of the information security in a business environment through risk mitigation and information systems auditing. Explore designing and implementing vulnerability assessment procedures to identify and solve existing network security issues. Get first-hand workplace experience during a co-op in semester four. While completing this program, students will have the opportunity to acquire in-demand industry certifications concurrently with their studies.
