Professional & Community Engagement

On behalf of the NED Alumni Canada (NEDAC) Training & Mentoring Committee, we are pleased to invite you to an upcoming professional development webinar titled “Cybersecurity for All: Protecting the Future and Building a Career in the Digital Defence Frontier.”  In today's digitally connected world, cybersecurity impacts every discipline. This session will provide foundational knowledge, practical insights, and career guidance for students, professionals, and engineers seeking to strengthen their understanding of digital security.

Key Learning Outcomes
Participants will gain an understanding of:

• Core foundational principles of cybersecurity

• Cyber threats across engineering and digital systems

• Secure design principles and ethical considerations

• Emerging cyber threats and future trends

• Cybersecurity tools, technologies, and career pathways

• Entry routes into cybersecurity for engineers and professionals

Cyber Threats Unlocked: A 3-Day Interactive Cybersecurity Course

Three day course is design to deliver basic cybersecurity concepts and unlock attacks. This course was open for all however, deliver from the platform of NED Alumni Canada platform.

This course is designed for individuals with little technical knowledge but a strong desire to protect themselves from cyber threats. It spans three weeks, with two-hour sessions each week on Sunday. The sessions are hands-on, engaging, and interactive, focusing on real-world scenarios to ensure practical understanding and application. We design engaging and informative cybersecurity training for a diverse audience ranging from 18 to 90 years of age; we aim to cover both basic and advanced concepts while keeping the material interactive and digestible.