NIHI - McMaster CE Microcredential Course 13 Sessions. 10 Recorded & 3 Live. Interactive. Online Live Session Dates: Mondays, October 27, November 10, November 24, 2025 12:00 - 1:30 PM ET Instructors Patrick Lo, Co-Founder & CEO, Privacy Horizon Inc.; NIHI Instructor Brendan Seaton, Former Chief Creative Officer, Privacy Horizon Inc.; Privacy By Design Ambassador; NIHI Instructor

Public and private sector organizations in Canada and around the world are under increasing pressure to protect themselves, sensitive information, client information and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Threats to information system assets come from state actors, organized crime and hacktivists who now routinely attack our electoral, financial, healthcare and public utility systems.

The purpose of this course is to provide practical cybersecurity management strategies and recommendations to help minimize the occurrence or impact of cyber-related losses. Our focus is on risk management – identification, management and mitigation of risks – and how to use the various tools and resources to build awareness and cyber resilience.

This course is based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity framework (CSF).

This program is for privacy professionals and non - technical staff who need a general understanding of cybersecurity practices to protect critical information assets and who need to work with their organization’s IT and cybersecurity experts.

Upon completion you will be awarded a NIHI - McMaster CE Microcredential in Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals. A Microcredential is a certificate issued in a digital format, provides details of acquired competencies and is shareable and transportable.

Topics covered:

• Introduction to cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity management program
• Cybersecurity risk management
• Asset management
• Threat assessment
• Technical and physical safeguards
• Administrative safeguards
• Monitoring and audit
• Cybersecurity incident management
• Cybersecurity recovery planning

Learning Objectives

• To equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to implement an effective cybersecurity program in their organization.
• To enable participants to apply cybersecurity best practices for asset management, threat assessment and risk management.
• To help participants implement effective administrative, technical and physical safeguards to combat cybersecurity threats.

Expected Outcomes

You will have a comprehensive understanding of:

• The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• The elements of an effective cybersecurity program
• Methods to detect and respond to cybersecurity threats
• Administrative, technical and physical safeguards
• Cybersecurity risk management
• Cybersecurity breach management

Competencies Achieved Upon Completion of Course

• Create a basic cybersecurity policy framework.
• Create a cybersecurity threat model.
• Design a cybersecurity breach management protocol.
   

Intended Audience

• Chief Executive Officers
• Chief Operating Officers
• Chief privacy officers
• Chief information security officers
• Chief information officers
• Project Managers
• Risk managers
• Business Analysts
• Privacy/Freedom of information coordinators
• Business managers/supervisors
• HR professionals
• Educators
• Healthcare providers and managers charged with protecting privacy under health sector privacy legislation
• Consultants, integrators, and solution providers who need to offer privacy and security compliance products and services to consumers, and private and public sector organizations
• Anyone responsible for information privacy in public or private sector organizations

Registration Fees

	Early Bird Fee Ends August 15, 2025. 11:59 PM ET	Regular Fee Begins August 15, 2025. 12:00 AM ET
Individual Rate	$799	$899
Group of Five	$3 695	$4 195
Group of Ten	$6 545	$7 545

 

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Cancellation and Refund Policy

• Cancellations made within 3 business days of the initial registration are eligible for a full refund.
• Cancellations made after 3 business days of the initial registration AND before 15 business days of the course start date are eligible for a 50% refund only.
• Cancellations made within 15 business days of the course start date are NON-REFUNDABLE.
• NIHI reserves the right to reschedule or cancel sessions.

Course Access

Registrants will receive detailed instructions about accessing the online session(s) via e-mail 1-2 days prior to each session. Anyone registering within 2 days of the session will receive the message shortly after the registration is received. Due to widespread use of spam blockers, filters, out of office messages, etc., it is your responsibility to contact NIHI if you do not receive login instructions before the start of the session.

It is the responsibility of the registrant to ensure access to WebEx using the VOIP option.

Each registrant must register and participate individually on their computer. The online sessions are to be accessed and viewed only by the person who registered and paid for the online material.

All sessions are recorded and posted to an online portal for access later.