Hon. Ralph Eichler, Minister of Economic Development and Training Minister (left) along with MITT President and CEO, Ray Karasevich (centre) and Ron Dekker, Country Manager for Check Point Software Technologies (left) announced a $550,000 investment to support the creation of a Cyber Security Technical Centre of Excellence.
“Cyber attacks are on the rise, and experts predict that cybercrime damages will cost the world more than $6 trillion annually by 2021,” said Eichler. “Cyber security will continue to be a high-demand sector, with studies projecting 8,000 new jobs across Canada in the next two years alone.”