Description

This course is made up of two phases which provides participants the opportunity to further develop and assess their go-to-market skills. In phase 1, participants will be challenged to apply their acquired knowledge, skills, and abilities to create a detailed, deployable, and cost-effective project plan to address current cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats. In phase 2, participants will complete a self-assessment test aligned with internationally recognized industry certifications. The self-assessment offers the participant an opportunity to take a critical view of their knowledge, skills and abilities and their progress towards a cybersecurity certification and career goals.

Prerequisite course: Information and Cyber Security Use Cases 

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Evaluate relevant information and cybersecurity system threats and vulnerabilities through a capstone project
  • Summarize relevant analysis with a corresponding report of the threat landscape and threat vectors.
  • Report project outcomes to address the organization’s mission and business needs.

Duration

6 hours

To schedule your Capstone course, please contact [email protected] to be partnered with a Capstone Advisor. Dates and schedule will be determined at that moment.

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Instructors

Alan McCafferty is a Senior Business Analyst with 25+ years of progressive experience working with public organizations, not-for-profits, start-ups, and multi-national corporations.  Educated in Canada, the USA and Europe in multiple disciplines including Engineering, Business, Risk Management, and Lean 6 Sigma, he is the author of more than 25 white papers and the recipient of the Canada Award for Excellence. During his career, Alan has led the delivery of multi-year $1 billion+, mission critical information technology projects.  As a Cyber Security SME, Alan was key in the developed of the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute cyber security program and teaches several of the courses.  Alan has successfully completed IT, Security, Process, Threat Risk Assessments (TRA), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), health and safety projects for federal government departments, provincial healthcare organizations and national not-for-profit organizations.  As a senior consultant, he uses his Lean 6 Sigma skills, along with his risk and security experience to help organizations implement low waste, and effective lean processes in areas such as information security management systems, business continuity, department security plans, quality management systems, health, and safety management systems.

 

Mark Hearn is a seasoned Business Leader and technical Product Management executive, bringing technology and business together to solve market problems for over 25 years. Mark’s expertise in software security and anti-reverse engineering has helped industry leaders solve critical product security issues with innovation and minimized risk. As a product security evangelist, Mark has spoken at many industry conferences and engaged in panel discussions on the need to protect software products from attack. He is an expert on the business risks associated with reverse engineering and the critical impact that hacking could have for manufacturers, and for their customers. Mark has held executive roles in product management and strategic market development, developing expertise in both the business-critical and technical functions related to business strategy, use/abuse cases, technical requirements, competitive analysis, and security threat-risk analysis.

Develop a Program

By the time you choose to enroll in this course you’ll be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and abilities you need to analyze threats, assess systems, and lead teams in the development and application of information and cybersecurity systems and programs. There’s no better way to complete your journey to an Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate than by applying everything you have learned to address a real-world business challenge.

This course provides the opportunity to further develop your go-to-market skills by applying your understanding and comprehension of information and cybersecurity management to a relevant project of your choice. Referencing your discussions with instructors in previous courses, you are challenged to develop an effective and deployable aspect of an information and cybersecurity management system.

The course also includes a self-assessment quiz based on real questions from the CISM exam. The self-assessment offers the opportunity to take a critical view of your progress towards a cybersecurity career and identify areas for further learning.

By completing this course, you will have referenceable work for your C.V., and you will have acquired the final learning component on the path to an Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate.

“Comprehensive, well-paced program. Uses real-world examples in a lecture-based format as well as a capstone project to move you from theory to practice. There is something for everyone: the beginner (even at executive level) needing a solid foothold on practices and issues, to the cybersecurity professional wanting a refresher. Highly recommend.”
-- Jacky T., Former Federal Public Servant

Move From Theory and Concepts to Application

This final capstone project towards an Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate requires you to:

  • Identify relevant information and cybersecurity threats
  • Describe the threat vectors
  • Determine how to align regulations, frameworks, and standards to address the organization’s business requirements
  • Develop an effective information and cybersecurity management system
  • Present your assessment and approach for peer review by the class and instructors
By applying your acquired knowledge, skills, and abilities to a real-world challenge, you’ll develop the confidence to create and manage systems that protect network infrastructures, privacy, and data. And you’ll be better prepared to position yourself as the ideal candidate for information and cybersecurity management positions in public and private sector organizations.

Trust an Unbiased Global View

This course is technology- and policy-agnostic. It is designed, structured, and delivered based on a blend of learning processes and real-world experiences. This ensures you get a truly unbiased world view of universally applicable information and cybersecurity principles and practices presented from a neutral, Canadian perspective.

Access a Continuum of Learning

By completing the Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate program, you will have what you need to transition to additional learning in the field or bridge to other programs offered by PDI.

The Information and Cybersecurity Management Program is an integral part of a continuum of learning ecosystem in security, cybersecurity, and other disciplines offered by the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute (PDI). The knowledge, skills, and abilities you acquire through this program are complementary to other offerings in PDI’s security portfolio, including:

Financial Intelligence Specialist Program

National Security and Intelligence Advance Certificate

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