Micro-credential in Practical Cybersecurity for IT Professionals Micro-credential is a micro-credential in Cyber Security programme offered by Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme runs for 5 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,500 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Micro-credential
Field:Cyber Security
Duration: 5 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,500 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Practical Cybersecurity for IT Professionals Micro-credential is designed to equip you with applied approaches for securing small-business and enterprise network infrastructure and data systems. In this 160-hour micro-credential, learners acquire practical skills to develop operational frameworks for organizational security policies and learn to install, configure, and maintain equipment and applications to support these policies. Core skills include monitoring, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity events as well as an in-depth knowledge of identity services and authentication, encryption, client and service security, intrusion detection, next generation firewalls, and remote (VPN) access implementation. You will have experience and knowledge to design, implement, and maintain comprehensive cybersecurity measures for small-business and enterprise network infrastructure and data systems by applying industry tools and best practices. You will be able to create a catalyst for immediate change to effectively protect digital assets and mitigate cyber threat to enterprise environments.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Okanagan College sets no formal academic prerequisite for this micro-credential: the program page recommends, rather than requires, at least two years of server administration, network administration and IT project management experience, and states that professional cybersecurity experience is beneficial but not mandatory. No prerequisite course, minimum grade, English or French language-test score, or age condition is published.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes published by Okanagan College for this program: October 2026 (Distance). Campus availability differs by intake and the program page shows which are still open.
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants: there is no fixed closing date. Okanagan College opens applications on October's first business day each year, and programs that run several intakes across the year - Entry-Level Trades Foundation and health programs other than Nursing and Dental among them - keep taking applications for those intakes over the following ten months. Most programs accept applications right up to the start date and close only when the seats are gone, so apply early and check each intake's status on the program page. Apply through EducationPlannerBC; the fee is $30 CAD. This program is offered to domestic applicants only.
