Master the Essentials of Cybersecurity

90-hour program

This program is offered through the Anglophone CEGEP network initiative known as eCampus, providing high-quality training through multiple public institutions, in English, anywhere in Quebec!

Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated. Is your business ready to defend itself?

This 90-Hour Cybersecurity Essentials Course will help you gain hands-on expertise in cybersecurity tools, policies, and mitigation strategies to safeguard your workplace from evolving threats.

This course is designed to introduce network administrators and other IT professionals, working in small to large companies, to the monitoring of computer networks for cyber-threats and the application of mitigation measures and tools. This college certificate aims to enable students in fundamental cybersecurity approaches, mitigation tools, as well as legal policies and standards to be applied within their workplaces. This course is appropriate for IT professionals and managers who are comfortable with networking technologies and looking to develop their ability in Cybersecurity, or implement standard-driven policies, processes and tools within their organizations.

Graduates of the College Certificate in Cybersecurity will be able to:

• Implement Cybersecurity legal and operational standards within their organizations;
• Select and install Cybersecurity IT tools, software relevant to the organization’s needs;
• Monitor a simple computer network (10-50 computers), and related online services, for Cyber-threats.
• Detect and analyze incoming cyber-threats;
• Apply simple mitigation measures to incoming threats.

Program Details

Duration: 90 hours over 15 weeks.

Schedule:
To be determined

Training Mode: Online.

Language of Training: English.

Intended Audience

• IT professionals and network administrators in small and medium-sized businesses.
• Managers seeking to implement cybersecurity policies.
• Professionals looking to enhance their knowledge of cybersecurity tools and standards.
• Anyone interested in understanding cybersecurity risks, best practices, and protection strategies.

Admission Criteria

• Comfortable using a computer with basic proficiency in operating systems and software.
• No prior cybersecurity experience is required, but familiarity with IT systems is an asset.

Job Prospects

Services Québec notes that employment prospects for Cybersecurity Specialists, in the region of Montreal, are very good, with a median salary of 41.13$ per hour as observed between 2020 and 2022. Cybersecurity specialists with advanced computer science degrees, or equivalent, can expect to earn over 100,000$ annually.

Registration Process

To be informed of the next group dates, please sign up to our waiting list.

You can contact us by phone at 450-672-6046 or by email if you need any additional information.