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Cybersecurity Technician with AI.

The 52-week diploma preparing British Columbia's next generation of cyber defenders — with AI-assisted threat detection, adversarial ML, and copilot-driven pen testing baked into every module.

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# adversarial-ml/scan.py

import ai_defender as guard

threats = guard.detect(traffic)

if threats: guard.block()

Length

52weeks

Full-time, in-class

Credential

Diploma

Vancouver Career College

Next start

Rolling

Monthly intakes

Median salary

$78K+

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Curriculum

Eight core modules — every one touched by AI.

The fundamentals you'd expect from any cyber program, upgraded with the AI-assisted tooling employers are actually using in SOCs today.

Network security foundations AI

TCP/IP, firewalls, VPNs — plus ML-based anomaly detection on live traffic captures.

Ethical hacking & pen testing AI

Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite — augmented with AI copilots for recon and payload generation.

Incident response & SIEM

Hands-on labs with Splunk and Sentinel. Build a functioning SOC playbook by graduation.

Cloud security AWS · Azure

IAM, secrets management, container security. The two clouds BC employers hire for.

Cryptography in practice

Symmetric, asymmetric, PKI, TLS 1.3. Enough theory to reason about it, enough practice to implement it.

Python for security AI

Automate log analysis, parse network dumps, script SOAR workflows. LLM-assisted debugging throughout.

Adversarial ML & AI red-teaming NEW

Prompt injection, model evasion, data poisoning. Defend the systems your future employer is deploying.

Compliance, privacy & ethics

PIPEDA, GDPR, ISO 27001. The paperwork side of cyber — and why regulators are watching AI closely.

CAPSTONE

Live SOC simulation

Six-week team project defending a simulated enterprise from AI-generated attack scenarios. Portfolio piece and interview material.

Why now

The one job market where "AI is coming for your job" doesn't apply.

Cybersecurity is one of the few technical fields where AI is a force multiplier for practitioners, not a replacement. Employers want people fluent in both.

📈

BC tech sector is growing faster than any other province

Vancouver's information + cyber workforce grew ~8% year-over-year. Cyber roles are among the hardest positions to fill.
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AI fluency is the new baseline

Job postings that mention "AI-assisted security" or "ML-driven detection" have tripled in 12 months. Graduates with this on their resume screen in immediately.
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Higher entry-level compensation than most trades

Median BC cyber technician salary sits above $78K — one of the highest of any diploma-level track in the province.
🎓

Diploma-level credential, degree-level outcomes

Employers hiring for entry-level cyber roles increasingly weight demonstrated skills over four-year degrees. This program builds the portfolio.

Program vector

52wk

From day one to defending live systems. Small cohorts, senior instructors, and enough hands-on labs that "I built a working SOC" is a sentence you'll say in interviews.

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