Study Cybersecurity Technician part-time
Ontario College Diploma
Learn cloud security, ethical hacking, digital forensics and incident response through hands-on learning and a capstone project.
Please refer to the Cybersecurity Technician program page for all of the main details including admissions requirements.
Program information
Program description
In the two-year Cybersecurity Technician diploma program you’ll gain a comprehensive foundation in protecting against digital threats while developing a broad understanding of cloud security, ethical hacking, digital forensics, and incident response.
The program curriculum covers core concepts such as networking, scripting and automation, teaching you how to build and secure automated infrastructures with support from different scripting languages. Courses in the ethical hacking stream provide opportunities to identify and assess vulnerabilities through penetration testing. In the forensics stream you’ll focus on analyzing digital evidence to investigate cybercrimes. Finally, the incident response stream prepares you to manage and recover from real-time cyberattacks.
This hands-on program culminates in a capstone project in the final semester and equips graduates with the practical skills needed to enter a variety of roles in the cybersecurity field.
What career paths can I take in network and information systems security?
Your Cybersecurity Technician diploma gives you many career opportunities
Graduates can choose to work independently or as a member of a team to support the security and maintenance of computer systems and networks. Graduates of the cybersecurity technician program can find employment as security operations centre analysts, security analysts and IT support specialists.
Review program admission requirements and information about career opportunities.
Course information
Course offerings and equivalents
Currently available courses are listed below.
How to apply to the part-time Cybersecurity Technician program
Apply online through ontariocolleges.ca
- Make sure you meet program admission requirements
- Complete an online application using the Ontario College Application Service (OCAS) using the part-time program code
- When registration opens, select the course(s) from the program webpage course listing and follow the prompt steps to register and pay
Need help with your application?
Watch a video tutorial
- Watch a tutorial video to learn how to apply with the online application
Contact the Office of the Registrar
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Finance and fees
As a part-time student, you may be eligible for OSAP funding, depending on the number of courses you take per semester.
For more information about OSAP, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, visit the OSAP/financial aid webpage.
As a part-time student, you can take one to three courses per semester, paying on a course-by-course basis.
For course fee information, select a course from the course information section of this page.
Online learning
These courses are offered through OntarioLearn. Visit the OntarioLearn webpage to learn more.
OntarioLearn courses are set up as equivalents to the Georgian courses. You can choose to take the ODE courses or the Georgian courses.
When a Georgian course isn’t available to be delivered online, we’ve listed an OntarioLearn course in the delivery schedule. The majority of the Georgian courses have ODE equivalents set up. You can choose to take either course.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
Previous postsecondary education: If you’ve completed courses, or some or all of a program, at another accredited postsecondary institution, you may be able to transfer all or some of your courses into a related program at Georgian.
Relevant work or life experience: If you have relevant work and/or life experience that relates to your program(s) of interest at Georgian, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is an academic credit option.
To learn more about transfer credit and PLAR, visit the Credit for Prior Learning webpage.
Do you have questions about studying Cybersecurity Technician part-time?
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