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Information Security Analyst Capstone Project - Winter 2025

Open Closing on January 4, 2025 / 2 spots left
SAIT
SAIT
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Regner Sabillon
Adjunct Instructor
2
Timeline
  • January 6, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 29, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
1/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Risk, audit and compliance Security (cybersecurity and IT security) Information technology Networking
Skills
project planning cyber security data analysis vulnerability analysis problem analysis
Learner goals and capabilities

Is your organization looking to analyze or test systems' and applications' security? In this course, students from SAIT will work with your organization to solve a problem or opportunity of your choosing related to cybersecurity. Students will work in teams applying critical thinking, skills and knowledge learned in the Information Security Analyst (ISA) program to develop a product of your choosing from concept to implementation.

In this SAIT training program, students are developing the knowledge, skills, and aptitude to apply fundamental principles of cybersecurity to support business decision-making processes.

Training Components:

  • Advanced Networking Security
  • Standards & Compliance Frameworks
  • Security Risk Identification
  • Data & Network Security Intelligence
  • Security Tools
  • Web & Application Security
  • Global Information Security Acumen
  • Security Risk Management


Learners
Certificate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
9 learners
Project
80 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the project. It will be important to stick to the scope due to time limits and student abilities.

The final project deliverable may include:

  1. A report outlining the work they performed, and analysis they conducted including visualizations and recommendations they may have as a result of the analysis. The students will provide a proof of concept of the solution.
  2. A 20-minute presentation of the project and results to the industry partner and classmates.


Project timeline
  • January 6, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 29, 2025
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students will work in teams of 3 for 3-4 weeks and be able to synthesize theories and frameworks that can inform the understanding of your problem, analyze and test your organization technical architecture to identify vulnerabilities, prevent exploitation, and protect it against any security breach. Students have strong skills on coding, networking, vulnerability analysis, cyber risk management, SIEM technologies, security tools, security policies, penetration testing, writing technical reports and basics of Web, IoT and Network security.

At the end of the project the students will submit all their key findings and/or applications developed to your organization

Project examples include:

  • Identify systems and applications vulnerabilities and generate reports
  • Detect and implement security controls to protect assets
  • Manage security incidents
  • Automate processes to detect vulnerabilities, prevent exploitation and attacks and mitigate risks
  • Networking and applications Penetration Testing
  • Design and conduct cyber exercises
  • Design and conduct security assessments like threat modelling, vulnerability assessment, threat assessments, cyber risk assessments and cybersecurity audits
  • Assist with reviewing and creating cybersecurity policies
  • Design and deliver cybersecurity awareness training
  • Research and deliver a risk assessment for the organization
  • Analyze technical architecture of an organization and deliver a report on how to improve it to mitigate risks
  • Implement infrastructure and tools to logging and monitor systems to detect threats and protect the organization against system and data breaches