Throughout this program, students will develop the following skills:
- Internal and external security needs
- Analysis and implementation of distributed computer systems
- Understanding data communication principles and operation systems
- Understanding security of infrastructure components
- Design and implement secure information acquisition, transmission and storage practices
- Analysis of project and system requirements
- Deployment of security on a variety of platforms
- Project planning and management
- Research methodology
- Technology planning and acquisition
Students will complete a mandatory work experience that includes at least one term in a formal work environment. In most cases the work term(s) is a paid position that is completed between two academic semesters and requires a minimum of 420 hours of work.