Graduate Certificate in 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. As a graduate of Loyalist's full-time Cyber Security post-graduate program, you may be eligible to advance your profession through the following certification pathways: CompTIA Security+, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cyber Security, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP).

Note: This is a non-funded program and is therefore not OSAP eligible.

Certification Pathways

As a graduate of Loyalist's full-time Cyber Security post-graduate program, you may be eligible to advance your profession

How You'll Learn

Experiential Learning, including a semester-long co-op experience

With this hands-on program, gain 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 policies and strategies using project management principles.
• Develop strategies for optimizing the effectiveness of 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.

Co-ops in work terms are valuable work-integrated learning experiences in which students demonstrate outcomes from previous semesters in Canadian industry settings. In addition to building skills and identifying career contacts, co-ops in work terms add industry-relevant experience to students’ résumés. The co-op job market is competitive, and students will be expected to participate actively in their job searches. Students will be supported with information and skills to attain co-ops. (Toronto Campus)