The Graduate Certificate (Gr. Cert.) in Cloud and Operational Technology (OT) Security offered by the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts is a 15-credit program covering advanced cybersecurity topics such as: applying best practices for securing cloud services and infrastructure; the principles of operational technology and control systems; identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in industrial operation technology environments; implementing security controls specific to operational technology (OT) and critical infrastructure; thread data analysis; developing actionable threat intelligence for proactive defence; threat modelling and analysis techniques to predict potential attacks; security testing for applications; developing applications with secure coding practices; executing effective incident response strategies; performing digital forensic analysis to investigate cyber incidents; and employing Artificial Intelligence and machine learning techniques for cybersecurity applications.
Keywords: Cybersecurity, Cloud computing, Systems engineering, Cyber-physical systems, IoT, Cyber forensic, Hacking, Information Technology
Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents.