• Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Network Security at Conestoga College allows students to complete this program in 1 Year.
  • Students are required to successfully complete two language electives (in one language) in order to graduate.
  • Information technology and network infrastructure are targets for malicious activity on a regular basis.
  • News reports about data breaches, security violations, privacy failures, and other infrastructure failures highlight a growing threat to business and personal information.
  • The main concepts covered under the program are:​
    • Fundamentals of Information Security
    • Windows Infrastructure and Security
    • Linux Infrastructure and Security
    • IT Security Planning, Audit and Compliance
    • Network Security
  • This one-year, full-time, graduate certificate program is designed to address this growing threat to our network infrastructure.
  •  It will provide students with a security background in network technologies, computing hardware, operating and protocols, to harden and further secure such systems from attack.
  • The student to teacher ratio is 20:1 which helps increase in interaction between professors and students.
  • On average, 82% of students from the last three years found employment within six months of graduation.
  • After completing this course, students have career opportunities as
    • Network Administrator
    • Information Technology Manager
    • Computer Support Specialist
    • Information Systems Manager
    • System Administrator, etc with an average salary of 46,475 USD per year.