Are you seeking innovative solutions to real-world cybersecurity challenges while supporting the development of emerging talent? Collaborate with students from York University’s Cybersecurity program on a project-based experience tailored to your organizational needs. Project Overview Students will work on a customized cybersecurity project designed to address a specific challenge or opportunity within your organization. Possible project topics include, but are not limited to: Developing a Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). Cyber risk assessment and mitigation strategies. Incident response and disaster recovery planning. Threat intelligence and vulnerability analysis. Security architecture and system hardening. Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks. Students will engage with your organization virtually using communication tools of your choice. They are available to contribute up to 39 hours from June 19th to August 14th , ensuring a focused and efficient collaboration.

By collaborating with our UX students, your organization will engage in a structured design process focused on understanding user needs and delivering research-based solutions. Students will apply proven UX methodologies to analyze your target audience, identify key pain points, and create design concepts that enhance usability and overall experience. Throughout the engagement, your team will receive clear, actionable deliverables—from research insights and journey maps to prototypes and high-fidelity designs—tailored to your project’s objectives and grounded in user-centered design principles. This project will progress through the full 3-course certificate, where students will learn and apply in real time.

Students in this upper-level Humanities capstone course bring advanced skills in cultural analysis, public humanities, and community-engaged research. Trained in grant procurement and AI fluency, these creative young scholars and talented communicators can design and deliver projects with cultural organizations, conduct organizational assessments, and create tailored research outputs aligned with organizational missions and community needs with critical social justice values.

Students in this post-graduate certificate program are advanced students who have undergone intensive training in ethical hacking, vulnerability analysis, and offensive cybersecurity. They are capable of: Conducting professional-grade penetration testing and vulnerability assessments Applying the seven phases of penetration testing to identify, document, and remediate real-world security threats Analyzing Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by malicious actors Installing, configuring, and using offensive security tools across web apps and OS environments Creating detailed technical reports and security risk ratings with strategic recommendations Working in teams to simulate real-world threat scenarios, leveraging professional tools and workflows