Cyber Resilience Diploma

As you read this, someone is trying to hack into a system you rely on. Let’s face it, the question isn’t if you’ll get hacked, it’s when. Sobering thought, right? Don’t panic. This program was created to give you the knowledge, skills and tools you need to prevent and detect breaches, or if you’ve been hacked, to respond and recover. By the time you’ve finished your Diploma, you’ll have everything you need to become a vital cyber-security professional in any organization… it’s time to get to work.

This program provides a unique opportunity to pursue studies in two highly relevant workplace areas in the field of cyber resilience: Prevention or Response. Upon completion of the core courses of 90 hours, students will select their pathways for an additional 90 hours in specialized courses. Do you have what it takes?

Your take-away

This program has two pathways: prevention and response

The prevention pathway will help you:

Acquire practical expertise in implementing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) to protect business assets against cyber-attacks;
Protect data and privacy within business and regulatory compliance requirements;
Design and build security architecture to provide in-depth security defense.

The response pathway will help you:

Respond to and mitigate advanced cyber threats and incidents;
Identify and analyze threat intelligence data to detect and anticipate cyber incidents and attacks;
Design and implement containment and remediation strategies to ensure business continuity.

Program Courses

To get this diploma, students must complete the 3 program courses and the 3 elective courses (depending on the pathway selected) listed below.

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Basics of Cyber Resilience (CECR 1001)
Governance, Risk and Compliance (CECR 1002)
Cyber Security by Design (CECR 1003)

Elective Courses

Students who choose the prevention pathway will have to complete the following courses:

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Security Operations (CECR 1101)
Cloud and Application Security (CECR 1102)
Business Driven Security Architecture (CECR 1103)

Students who choose the response pathway will have to complete the following courses:

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Threat Intel and Offensive Security (CECR 1201)
Essential Detection and Response (CECR 1202)
Advanced Detection & Response (CECR 1203)

Efficiency path

If you are looking to complete this program on a part-time basis as efficiently as possible, we suggest the following path or you may choose your own path. For course descriptions, schedules and registration click on the above course links.

Our approach

In this fully online program, you’ll benefit from problem-based, project- based and experiential learning led by industry experts. You’ll also experience hands-on learning through work-integrated learning opportunities to acquire practical, real-world skills and competencies. And to cap it off, you’ll receive career mentoring. Ready to defend and attack?

Who benefits most?

IT professionals who want to transition into security roles within an organization;
Professionals in the cyber security field who want to upgrade their skills or transition into Prevention or Response;
Business, risk-management professionals and consultants seeking technical knowledge and know-how to work in cyber security;
Employees or students with the required pre-requisites who want to work in cyber security.