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Cybersecurity for Winter 2025

ISEC3999
Open Closing on January 8, 2025 / 2 spots left
Bow Valley College
Bow Valley College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Noor Abid
Instructor
(3)
4
Timeline
  • January 10, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 30, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
3/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Security (cybersecurity and IT security) Information technology
Skills
network security policy analysis risk management information security cybersecurity ethical hacking penetration testing
Learner goals and capabilities

Is your organization looking to analyze or test new cybersecurity applications?

In this course, students in the Bow Valley Cybersecurity Post-Diploma Certificate will work with your organization to solve a problem or opportunity of your choosing related to cybersecurity. While cybersecurity projects are preferred, projects from all areas of Information Technology will be considered.

Learners

Learners
Diploma
Beginner, Intermediate levels
25 learners
Project
100 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverable will vary depending on the nature of the project and the problem to be solved.

Please see project examples for a general overview of the types of deliverables our students will be able to produce for your firm.

Project timeline
  • January 10, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 30, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Project examples could include, but are not limited to:

  • Assist with reviewing and creating cybersecurity policies.
  • Design & deliver cybersecurity awareness training.
  • Developing cybersecurity incident response plans.
  • Developing detailed incident response playbooks.
  • Answering questions related to a cybersecurity incident scenario.
  • Leveraging tools and technologies related to handling and responding to cybersecurity incidents.
  • Execute intrusion, detection, and recovery measures.
  • Develop and present security risk assessments and business plans.
  • Adapt network design to address potential security threats.
  • Configure a network to meet security requirements.
  • Incorporate cryptographic algorithms into network communication to meet organizational security needs.
  • Deploy and maintain endpoint devices.
  • Analyze data from cybersecurity incidents.
  • Perform Penetration testing.


This is not an exhaustive list of projects our students could work. Any other cybersecurity project is welcome, subject to approval by the educator.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Will you be able to provide a dedicated contact person who is available for sessions to address students' questions and respond to periodic messages throughout the project?