SAFE 220

This course is designed to provide the learner with an overview and understanding of the many digital technologies, IT-dependant systems, and emerging technologies that impact public safety as well as introduce the underlying theme of digital literacy requirements for public safety personnel. The landscape of public safety has rapidly shifted to be increasingly digital as opposed to traditionally physical, resulting in a myriad of new public safety risks, threats, and response methodologies. In recognition of society’s increased dependence on digital systems, Public Safety Canada has identified not only a National Cyber Security Strategy, but also a dramatic identification of new cyber-related threats, digital technology requirements for all sectors of public safety, and digital threats to the economic and physical critical infrastructure of Canada.