Master of Computer Science - Cybersecurity Operations and Management

The Master of Computer Science – Cybersecurity Operations and Management is a two-year master’s degree with a work placement, and one of only two master’s programs Humber offers at the North campus.

The program sits deliberately at the intersection of technical security and management. Coursework covers advanced cryptography and secure systems design, security operations centre practice and threat intelligence, incident response and forensic investigation, penetration testing and vulnerability management, cloud and container security, security architecture, governance frameworks and regulatory compliance, risk quantification, and security leadership including budgeting, team management and board reporting. Research methods and an applied capstone complete it.

For international students this credential carries two advantages no diploma can match. As a master’s degree it is exempt from the PGWP field-of-study restriction, and under current IRCC rules master’s students are among the few whose spouses may qualify for an open work permit. Verify both against current rules before planning.

The work placement is a graded part of the program, so you finish with documented Canadian experience and a referee rather than only a transcript.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The North campus in Etobicoke is its main site, running technology, engineering, health science, business and skilled trades programs in purpose-built labs and shops rather than lecture halls, with three intakes a year and the deepest employer network in the Greater Toronto Area.

Its field maps to CIP 11.1003 (Computer and information systems security). Because this is a degree, graduates are exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to college credentials. As a master’s degree it also carries spouse open work permit eligibility under current rules. Full-time on-campus study and graduation remain the conditions, and IRCC makes the final decision.