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Cybersecurity (Gr. Cert.) at McGill University

McGill University, Canada

Programme overview

A 15-credit online graduate certificate on the fundamentals of cybersecurity. Most components are delivered asynchronously, with a few possibly synchronous activities.

Faculty: Arts  |  Department: Information Studies  |  Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

What you will study

Topics include threats, cryptography and vulnerability, types of cyber-attacks and hardening controls, threat and risk assessment at network, operating system and application levels, security incident communication, security policies, and ethical, privacy and policy concerns.

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