It & cybersecurity.
Course for
Working
Professionals
Do you know what happens after you hit "send" on an email with confidential information attached, or how/why that data may be vulnerable to a cyberattack? Most of us don't, and as a result, we don't always appreciate the risks that come with some of the most mundane activities we conduct online. This course aims to fix that.
In light of what seems like an endless barrage of cybercrime in the news, there is a frightening lack of opportunities for people to learn about cybersecurity, and how the technologies we rely on daily actually work. Those that do exist are either far too simplistic, or far too complicated. This course fills that gap by providing an engaging and accessible explanation of how our commonly used devices work, how they are connected to each other, and how you can protect your data. We built it from the ground up to ensure anyone, regardless of their technological proficiency, can learn the foundations and best practices of IT and cybersecurity.
The Basics
Cyber Risk Scenarios
How it can happen
Mitigation and Implementation
Julian is a Data/AI ethicist working at one of Canada's leading banks. At the beginning of COVID, he was working as a consulting ethicist and conflict resolution professional and realized the challenges many of his colleagues were facing with the move online. He focused significantly on the ethics of Online Dispute Resolution and the necessity of training in cybersecurity, both teaching and writing on the topic. He paired up with his friend and colleague Kabilan Kanagalingam to build this course from the ground up.
Kabilan is a cybersecurity professional who's worked in security protecting two of Canada's top banks for more than 4 years. He started off in a technical setting, analyzing security events of various infrastructure assets before moving into cyber risk management.
He is a Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA), Certified Tableau Associate, and Certified in Risk & Information Systems Control (CRISC).
Courses are held on Saturdays and scheduled based on interest and a minimum enrollment of 10 people.
Team courses are offered in full on Saturdays or Sundays, or can be broken down into segments in the evenings during the week. The specific dates are chosen by the team.
"The IT Fundamentals and Cybersecurity Course was excellent! You can tell the instructors took great effort into organizing the materials for the program that helped us to understand “tech” info in a very relatable way. Julian and Kabilan have just the right personalities to teach this course. No question was treated as having an obvious answer and their use of real life examples made it easy to understand and fun!”
Mary-Anne Popescu Executive Director , OAFM
IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals is committed to maintaining the accuracy, security and privacy of Personal Information in accordance with applicable legislation. This IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals Privacy Policy is a statement of principles and guidelines concerning the protection of Personal Information of our clients, service providers and other individuals ("you").
BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO IT & CYBERSECURITY COURSE FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND AGENTS, YOU AGREE THAT WE MAY COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW. Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent to certain of the identified purposes at any time by contacting Office Head, Julian Ferguson. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you or continue to provide you with certain services or information which may be of value to you. If you provide IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals or our service providers and agents with personal information of another individual, you represent that you have all necessary authority and/or have obtained all necessary consents from such person to enable us to collect, use and disclose such personal information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Canadian privacy legislation defines "Personal Information" broadly as information about an identifiable individual or as information that allows an individual to be identified. For the purposes of this policy, Personal Information means information about an identifiable individual as defined from time to time in applicable privacy legislation. Generally speaking Personal Information does not include what is considered business contact information: your name, title or position, business address, telephone number, facsimile number or e-mail address. The types of Personal Information that IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals may collect about you includes your name, home address, telephone number, personal e-mail address, and billing and account information.
We also collect from third parties, and from publicly available sources, personal information about prospective contractors and partners that is reasonably required to establish, manage or terminate an employment, contractual or partnership relationship.
In general, IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals collects, uses and discloses Personal Information about our clients and service providers in order to provide our clients with professional consulting services, and about applicants for positions with IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals for the purpose of evaluating the application and deciding whether to establish (and subsequently to manage or terminate) an employment, contractual or partnership relationship. More specifically, we collect, use and disclose your Personal Information for the following purposes:
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- as permitted by, and to comply with, any legal or regulatory requirements or provisions; and
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From time to time, IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals may disclose your Personal Information to:
Your Personal Information is stored in secured locations and on servers controlled by IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals, located at the offices of our service providers.
Upon your written request, subject to certain exceptions, IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals will inform you of the existence, use and disclosure of your Personal Information and will give you access to that information. Access requests should be sent to Office Head, Julian Ferguson, using the contact information below.
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IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a change to this Privacy Policy, we will post such changes on our website and make such revised policy and changes available upon request to the IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals Office Head. However, IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if it seeks to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained unless otherwise required or permitted by law.
As Office Head, Julian Ferguson oversees compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws. For information on IT & Cybersecurity Course for Working Professionals's privacy practices, please contact Mr. Ferguson at:
