University of Guelph Launches Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence Program
With the demand for highly skilled cybersecurity experts growing every day, the University of Guelph will launch a new graduate degree in cybersecurity and threat intelligence to train the next generation on how to stop cyberattacks before they happen.
“We are expecting 1.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2025,” said Prof. Ali Dehghantanha, who teaches in U of G’s School of Computer Science and is director of the new program. “Attacks are becoming more complicated, digitalization is pervading more of our world and too little attention has been paid to educating cybersecurity professionals. These three issues together make the situation critical, and this new program will be part of the solution.”