Public Safety committee  With respect to certifications, it's our goal to deliver a suite of internationally recognized certifications from established third party cybersecurity training organizations. These are well known in the marketplace. These are entities like SANS, EC-Council and Palo Alto. There

Public Safety committee  It's a terrific question. There are a bunch of different pieces. We are looking at continuing education, so essentially we are working with employers to upskill their existing personnel. The time frames depend on exactly what skill set those employers need. That's a particular is

Public Safety committee  Yes, that comes from a report from Deloitte and the Toronto Financial Services Alliance 2018, where they estimated that the growth rate was 7% year over year.

Public Safety committee  Yes, we do. At Beersheba there are the major Canadian financial institutions. The major Canadian banks have offices there, and they are there because the skilled people are there. We believe we can create an ecosystem where we're training people. Industry is there to acquire that

Public Safety committee  There are a number of different things that are interesting about how the Israeli cybersecurity ecosystem trains its people. It obviously has a unique national service characteristic, with military service in Israel that is different from the Canadian context. One of the interes

Public Safety committee  I frankly think that the establishment of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security is a fundamental improvement in the Government of Canada's position in respect of cybersecurity and in bringing all the partners together. You properly identified industry, the academy and governme

Public Safety committee  Cybersecure Catalyst is going to focus on training for existing cybersecurity professionals, and introductory training to bring new professionals into the sector. We are not going to focus on giving a degree right now out of Cybersecure Catalyst. Degree programming in cybersecuri

Public Safety committee  Chair and members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak with you today. Cybersecure Catalyst is a new centre for cybersecurity activities that was established last year by Ryerson University. It is permanently located in Brampton and will open its ph