Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst is Toronto Metropolitan University’s national centre for training, innovation and collaboration in cybersecurity.
Established in 2018 and offering programs and services across Canada and around the globe, the Catalyst empowers individuals and organizations to seize the opportunities and tackle the challenges of cybersecurity.
Together with our partners and collaborators, we work to realize a vision
of healthy democracies and thriving societies, powered by secure digital technologies.
Our Founding Partners
Our mission:
to empower individuals and organizations to seize the opportunities and tackle the challenges of cybersecurity.
Our vision:
Healthy democracies and thriving societies, powered by secure digital technologies.
Message from our Founding Executive Director
OUR IMPACT AT A GLANCE
More than 6000
people have directly benefited from Catalyst’s groundbreaking programs – learning new cyber skills, building thriving cybersecurity careers, advancing new ventures focused on digital security, and contributing to a more cybersecure Canada.
Over 500
businesses have been fueled by the Catalyst – by hiring world-class, diverse talent from our training programs, strengthening their cybersecurity posture through tabletop exercises and Catalyst Cyber Range workshops, and scaling-up their operations in the Catalyst Cyber Accelerator.
Over 800
jobs have been created or filled in the cybersecurity sector through Catalyst programming – from junior, to technical and executive leadership roles – overcoming skills and talent gaps, and bolstering a thriving Canadian cybersecurity sector.
More than 1000
women, girls and non-binary individuals have been empowered with cybersecurity skills and/or gained employment in the sector through Catalyst’s focus on building a diverse and inclusive future for cybersecurity – and cyber leadership – in Canada.
Over 10000
cybersecurity experts, mentors, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and program participants, alumni and partners make up the Catalyst community – the collective driving-force behind ensuring the digital world is a safe place for all Canadians.
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Dr. Mohamed Lachemi,
President and Vice-Chancellor,
Toronto Metropolitan University
Our Home:
With its diverse talent pool and strategic location in the heart of Ontario, we’re proud to call the City of Brampton, and specifically the Brampton Innovation District, home. As the fastest growing city in Canada, and unique in its youthful population, scale of diversity (with 250 ethnicities represented) and its pace of growth (expanding at an annual 10.6%), Brampton is a pivotal epicenter for innovation and collaboration.
“Being one of the most innovation-centric and entrepreneurial cities in the country, with a very strong technology and startup ecosystem, as well as large, established companies, Brampton made complete sense as our home base and headquarters.”
Charles Finlay,
Founding Executive Director,
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst
Building
the Future
of Canadian
Cybersecurity
Workforce Training
and Public Education
Through our pioneering workforce and individual training programs, we’re creating a robust cybersecurity talent pool that is fit for the future, and building diversity of culture, gender and ability into the next-generation cybersecurity workforce.
Over 900
new cybersecurity professionals trained since 2020
• 85% of students admitted in 2022 self-identified
as a visible minority.
• 54% of graduates identify as women or another
gender.
Over 900
students and young people engaged directly with cybersecurity programming, the majority of whom are girls, non-binary individuals, and youth from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM
Program Highlights
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“The Catalyst is training the next generation of cybersecurity leaders: ones who complement diversity in thinking with cybersecurity fundamentals and a strong passion and dedication to defend against cyber threats.”
Sandeep Sandhu,
VP Cyber Security and CISO,
Rogers Bank, Rogers Communications
Alumni Spotlight:
Monica Nguyen
