A Canadian university is adding to its cybersecurity-related graduate programs for infosec pros who want to beef up their resumes.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s York University said its school of continuing studies is launching a Post-Graduate Certificate in Offensive Cyber Security <\/a>to help infosec pros be proactive in protecting organizations\u2019 networks and computer systems from cyberattacks.<\/p>\n The full-time, eight-month course brings the continuing education department\u2019s suite of cyber offerings to five.<\/p>\n The first class of students will start May 4, 2023. Tuition for Canadian residents is $7,992, while international students will pay $18,264.<\/p>\n Applicants should have an undergrad degree in computer science, IT, or a related field, or have completed a post-grad certificate in cyber security operations, or hold one of several certifications such as CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).<\/p>\n In addition, they should have at least two years of technical experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner, and a strong foundational knowledge of operating systems, system architecture, and networking.<\/p>\n Offensive cybersecurity, the university says, is a specialization that uses ethical hacking techniques to mimic cyberattacks. It exploits security vulnerabilities, allowing cybersecurity professionals to anticipate what may happen during an attack and how to block or intercede against a real threat should one occur.<\/p>\n \u201cThe demand for cybersecurity professionals is high, but the job market is also highly competitive,\u201d Tracey Taylor-O\u2019Reilly, York\u2019s assistant vice-president of continuing studies, said in a statement. \u201cEmployers want candidates with an educational background in cybersecurity and practical experience. The Post-Graduate Certificate in Offensive Cyber Security provides exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur students will learn from offensive cybersecurity professionals at the top of their field and gain first-hand experience performing essential offensive security duties like penetration testing, conducting a vulnerability assessment, producing an offensive security report with recommendations, and more. Students who graduate from this program are positioned for successful careers in an area facing critical labour shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n Ed Dubrovsky, managing director of the incident response firm Cypfer and academic advisor and program advisory committee member for the new certificate, said that the most effective way to learn offensive cybersecurity combines subject matter experts, learning processes, and deep hands-on experiential learning. \u201cOffensive security demands tenacity, commitment, intelligence, and technical knowledge in the field,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cBut one must also possess certain \u2018soft skills,\u2019 which include verbal and written communication and the ability to convince an audience to act.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Post-graduate degree in offensive cyber security offered by Canadian university<\/a> first appeared on IT World Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Applications are being accepted now for the eight-month course, which starts in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[672,393,673],"class_list":["post-29323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers-education","category-security","tag-post-secondary-education","tag-security-strategies","tag-york-university"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29369,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29323\/revisions\/29369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}