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As digital innovation continues to rapidly advance, it is becoming increasingly difficult for organizations to keep up with the changing nature of cybersecurity threats.
With a shortage of cybersecurity professionals across Canada, this program was designed and developed with leading financial services organizations to meet the need for individuals with the specialized skills to secure, protect and defend mobile and network infrastructures, preventing fraud, data breaches and other vulnerabilities.
As a graduate of this Cybersecurity and Threat Management program, you will be equipped with cutting-edge best practices and skills in communication, information security, project management, problem-solving and more. The industry capstone project and optional work term will give you hands-on experience and position you for a career in one of the world's fastest-growing fields.
Students in this program will be required to attend courses at Newnham Campus as well as online.
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You can enrol in courses that are part of this program as a declared or undeclared student. Program declaration is the process of identifying the program you plan to complete and graduate with.
Declared Students
Declaring your program helps ensure your academic record accurately reflects your educational goals and supports your academic progression toward a credential.
By declaring your program, you'll be able to:
Undeclared Students
If you have not declared a program, Seneca may not know which credential you are working toward. As a result, you may miss out on the important benefits that declared students receive. You can remain undeclared and continue registering for courses if you do not intend to complete a credential and do not require progress tracking, enhanced advising support or Convocation eligibility.
Declared Students: For details about the program and how to apply as a declared student, please visit Seneca's updated Cybersecurity and Threat Management page.
Undeclared Students: Register for courses by visiting the curriculum tab to select your course(s), check out and pay using this website.
Declared Students: Course registration for the Winter 2027 term for the part-time Cybersecurity and Threat Management program will move from this website to Seneca's Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) platform. You will be able to build your class schedule when open enrolment begins on Dec. 10, 2026. Watch your email for instructions.
Undeclared Students: Register for courses by visiting the curriculum tab to select your course of interest, check out and pay using this website.
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To declare your program, complete the Program Declaration form on Student Home.
Please review "Important Information for New and Returning Students" on the overview tab before registering for courses.
Admission into the Cybersecurity and Threat Management Program.
This course provides students with a foundation and context including information security principles, management of the security infrastructure, and the process for documenting the security policies of an organization. Topic coverage includes the terminology, technology, and management of information security programs as well as the types of attacks threatening security. Upon completion students will be able to contribute to the development of standards, procedures and guidelines for implementing the appropriate security policies.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Admission into the Cybersecurity and Threat Management Program.
This course prepares students to recognize the inherent vulnerabilities with firewalls and the different operating systems whether they are connected or unconnected to the network. Using case studies and real-world events, the students explore the evolution of wired and wireless networks and their impact on the corporate world from both cyber-security and business perspectives. The students will utilize tools and techniques that would help assess risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networked operating systems as well as the security measures that should be put in place to mitigate risks and breaches. This course also introduces defense strategies against vulnerabilities through exploring the internals of operating systems and network infrastructures.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Admission into the Cybersecurity and Threat Management Program.
This course introduces students to what and who ethical hackers are, how they are different from "non-ethical hackers", and why/how they are essential for protecting data from cyber-attacks. Students will look closely at the different types of tests that can be conducted by "ethical hackers" to assess the readiness of an organization's system to withstand cyber-attacks. The course also investigates the methods and tools used in cyber-attacks and their countermeasures, as well as available security resources that every organization needs to possess to be able to counter the different cyber-attack "types". This will equip the students with the knowledge and techniques to successfully consider the different methods of combating hackers and cyber-attacks.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Admission into the Cybersecurity and Threat Management Program.
This course explores legal and ethical issues faced in the information technology field. Students learn about ethical issues within an organization as they relate to relationships internally as well as with customers, partners, and society. Students explore how Information systems security and legal compliance are now required to protect critical infrastructure, intellectual property created by individuals and organizations alike, and information that individuals believe should be protected from unreasonable intrusion.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Admission into the Cybersecurity and Threat Management Program.
This course introduces students to cloud computing and the internet of things (IoT). Students will learn about different cloud options such as public and private and their applications in various organizations. They will explore important resources required for architecting an application in the cloud to increase efficiencies and reduce costs. Students will also investigate measures that are needed to mitigate risk in the cloud. Students will develop IoT solutions using sensors and components integration. They will use industry examples to implement IoT solutions in Big Data. Students will work with DevOps tools to shorten the systems development life cycle while delivering features, fixes, and updates frequently in close alignment with business objectives.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
In this course students will learn how to draw insights from data. Starting with database basics, students will quickly advance to using the information gathered to support decision making. Students will use real datasets to practice inspecting and transforming data. They will practically explore structured and unstructured databases and use cases for each.
Note:This course code has recently been updated from CYT175 to CYT180
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Effective communication is a cornerstone of most successful careers. The ability to relate the importance of any information security program to leaders in business terms using accurate and concise written correspondence, reports, and presentations is essential to success. Throughout this course students will develop and put into practice effective communication skills demonstrating appropriate consideration of audience, context, format, tone and media.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
With the growth of data collection emanating from the IoT and the network device data capturing, the management of this data usage becomes more and more challenging. This course focuses on the how to navigate the huge amount of data being collected, to analyze the data and determine which particular data elements can be used to identify the security threats for the systems associated with the collected data. The threats identified can take different forms including attacks that already taken place, attacks that are in progress and vulnerabilities of the existing system that can result in future attacks. The course will address how to detect and how to prevent system attacks based on analysis of the data presented.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Admission into the Cybersecurity and Threat Management Program.
This course is an introduction to the terminology, life cycles and core processes involved in the management of cybersecurity-related projects. Students learn the responsibilities that a project manager has during the development and implementation of a project. Students gain the required skill sets the Project Manager needs in order to successfully meet project goals and milestones.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Identity verification and access are crucial to the ability of an organization to protect its assets. In this course, students learn how to manage the identification and authentication of people and devices, how to implement and manage authorization mechanisms, and how to mitigate access control attacks while ensuring effective IT collaboration with business units.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
Students will analyze the different characteristics of hackers including types of hackers, their motivations, techniques and attitudes. The students will examine the different types of computer crimes together with how these crimes are related to hacking strategies and techniques. Examining how hackers target networks and the methods followed in these attacks is an essential part of computer forensics. Using computer forensics, students will know how to conduct the appropriate investigations that will uncover and quantify attacks and identify potential vulnerabilities.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
This course provides students with concepts of discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on a variety of platforms. Students learn a proven methodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the various types of attacks. Coverage includes data storage, cryptography, transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.
This course integrates the knowledge and skills students have obtained throughout the program. Emphasis is placed on security policy, process planning, procedure definition, business continuity and systems security architecture. Upon completion, students are able to design and implement comprehensive information security architecture from the planning and design phase through presentation of the final product.
Ancillary fees will be added at checkout for program-based courses. Fees will vary based on the number of course registrations. Learn more about ancillary fees for part-time studies.