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Advanced Professional Certificate

Advanced Professional Certificate in Cybersecurity and Data Governance

Training Roadmap


Completion of Stages 1 to 3 curricula earns the participant an Advanced Professional Certificate in this programme.

Programme Objectives

This Advanced Professional Certificate will equip learners with the following competencies:

  • Gain in-depth knowledge of the Data Protection and Do-Not-Call provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
  • Operationalise key aspects of the Data Protection Management Programme such as governance and risk management, stakeholder engagement and data breach management
  • Understand the foundations of cybersecurity, and explain the important key cybersecurity concepts and basic techniques
  • Demonstrates how cyberattacks can target hosts, networks, and web servers and how the target systems can subsequently be hardened
  • Understand the business risks, team structure, governance models, investment decisions, quantifying outcomes, sourcing strategies and communicating effectively with cybersecurity professionals.
  • Learn to implement an effective business continuity plan and implement controls against potential security concerns.
  • Learn the essence of privacy engineering and ensure privacy frameworks, methodologies and techniques are being used to embed privacy into products and systems.

Job Role Readiness

It will prepare learners in the following job roles to perform their responsibilities more effectively:

  • Business executives and Technology Management Professionals
  • Data Scientists, Data Protection Officers, Compliance Managers
  • Cyber Security Executives

Who Should Attend

Mid-career PMETs.

Prerequisites

At least a polytechnic diploma

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Instructors


Dr Amirhassan Monajemi

Dr Amirhassan Monajemi

Dr Amirhassan Monajemi is a Senior Lecturer in AI and Machine Learning with the School of Computing (SoC) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to SoC, he was a Senior Lecturer in NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE) teaching AI and Data Science to adult learners. Before joining NUS, he was with the Faculty of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan, Iran, where he was serving as a professor of AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science. He was born in Isfahan, Iran. He studied towards BSc and MSc in Computer Engineering at Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), and Shiraz University respectively. He got his PhD in computer engineering, pattern recognition and image processing, from the University of Bristol, Bristol, England, in 2005. His research interests include AI, Machine Learning, Machine Vision, IoT, Data Science, and their applications. He has taught the artificial intelligence courses, including AI, Advanced AI, Expert Systems, Decision Support Systems, Neural Networks, and Cognitive Science since 2005 at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He was awarded the best university teacher of the province in 2012. He also has studied Learning Management Systems, E-Learning, and E-Learning for workplaces since 2007. Dr Monajemi has registered a few patents in the fields of AI, Machine Vision, and Signal Processing applications, including an AI and machine vision-based driver drowsiness detection system and a low power consuming spherical robot. He also has published more than a hundred research papers in peer-reviewed, indexed journals and international conferences (IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and so on), and supervised several Data Science, IoT, and AI industrial projects in various scales, including Isfahan intelligent traffic system delivery and testing, and red light runners detection. He is experienced in different sub-domains of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, from theory to practice, including Deep Learning, Logic, and Optimisation.

Mr Loh Yong Chye

Mr Loh Yong Chye

Mr Loh Yong Chye, Adjunct Lecturer, is currently the CEO and Co-founder of ACT:DPI Pte Ltd. He is concurrently an adult educator specializing in PDPA training. He holds an Advanced Certificate in Learning & Performance (ACLP) and is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)1.

Yong Chye was the Chief trainer for the SG United Skills Programme for Data Protection Officer (SGUS-DPO). This programme was a collaboration between ACT:DPI and NTUC LearningHub. Since March 2021, 38 PMETs had undergone 6-month programme to become DPOs. He specialises in DP training and has taught close to 1,000 trainees to date on PDPA.

Yong Chye was the Deputy Director (DP Ecosystem) with the Personal Data Protection Commission from Jan 2013 to Dec 2019. Notable achievements during his 7-year stint in PDPC included:

  • Successful rollout of both the “Fundamentals of the PDPA” course and the “Practitioner Certificate for Personal Data Protection (Singapore)” preparatory course and examination module;
  • Completion of the DPO competency framework and training roadmap, which was officially launched by the Minister of Communications and Information in Jul 2019;
  • Development of multiple DP tools, resources and services to help organisations, especially SMEs and non-profit organisations seeking to comply with the PDPA; and
  • Having led the DPO team responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of the DP policies and procedures within the PDPC, as well as, the communications and outreach team to create awareness of, and promote compliance to, the PDPA in the initial years.

Prior to joining the PDPC, Yong Chye did a 4-year overseas stint with the IDA International (a subsidiary of then-IDA) where he provided eGov consulting services to the governments of Bhutan, Trinidad and Tobago and Moldova.

In the earlier years of his career at the then-IDA, he was the divisional head in charge of organisation development and excellence, and an IT manager of a government agency.

1 awarded by Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) respectively.

A/Prof Liang Zhenkai

A/Prof Liang Zhenkai

A/Prof Liang Zhenkai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Stony Brook University in 2006, and B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Peking University in 1999.

His research area is in system and software security, and security in emerging platforms, such as Web, mobile, and Internet-of-things (IoT). He has been publishing high-impact papers in top security and software engineering conferences, and has won several best paper awards, namely, the Outstanding Paper Award at the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) in 2003, the Best Paper Award at the USENIX Security Symposium in 2007, the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper at the ESEC and ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC-FSE) in 2009, and the Best Paper Award at the Web 2.0 Security & Privacy (W2SP) Workshop in 2014. He has been actively served as technical committee members and editorial board members of top security conferences and journals, including ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), USENIX Security Symposium, Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TSDC).

He has taught various undergraduate-level and graduate-level modules (courses). He has won the Annual Teaching Excellence Award of NUS in 2014 and 2015, and has been publishing his teaching techniques and philosophy.

Dr Sufatrio

Dr Sufatrio

Dr Sufatrio is an Executive Education Fellow at the NUS Advanced Computing for Executives. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from School of Computing (SoC), NUS. He previously spent over 7.5 years as a Lecturer in SoC, NUS, where he taught undergraduate and graduate level cybersecurity courses. Prior to that, he was a Scientist and Acting Lab Head of the Mobile Forensics & Security Lab, at the Cyber Security & Intelligence (CSI) Department, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR. He is passionate about discovering and systematizing cybersecurity knowledge, and has published numerous peer-reviewed cybersecurity papers. He also believes in sharing the knowledge to help others learn, grow, and work together in making cyberspace a safer place.

Dr Yang Lu

Dr Yang Lu

Dr Yang Lu is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at National University of Singapore (NUS). She graduated with Bachelor of Engineering in Information Systems from Renmin University of China and PhD in Information Systems from National University of Singapore. She currently teaches undergraduate courses in Management of Information Systems, Information Security Management, Computing and Society, and Computing Basics.

Dr Anand Mohan Ramchand

Dr Anand Mohan Ramchand

Dr Anand Mohan Ramchand is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Dean (Corporate Relations) at the School of Computing (SOC) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his PhD in Information Systems in 2012 at NUS, and holds an MSc in Information Systems (2004) and BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and Information Systems (2001) from NUS.

Dr Ramchand’s primary teaching and research interests are in the digital transformation of organisations, business model innovation driven by computing and information technologies, and the digital enablement of social change. Since joining the department in 2001, Dr Ramchand has received 10 teaching awards at the Faculty and University levels, and was placed on the NUS Teaching Excellence Honour Roll from 2011 to 2016.

Mr Ang Leong Boon

Mr Ang Leong Boon

Mr Ang Leong Boon is currently the Deputy Director and Head of IT Security at NUS Information Technology, responsible for security governance, risk management, security operations, incident response and user awareness across the entire University. He has over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a keen interest in security incident handling and response. During his 10 years in NUS, he has led a number of investigations for major cybersecurity incidents, including an APT attack on local universities in 2017. He has also conducted guest lectures in NUS, provided mentorship for startups with the ICE71 Accelerate Programme and spoken at various security conferences. Leong Boon is an alumnus of NUS, having graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering.

Mr Wong Kar Hong

Mr Wong Kar Hong

Wong Kar Hong has 30 years of experience in Information Technology (IT) with specialized knowledge in Data Protection and Governance, Hospitality Technology and Geographic Information System. He was a National Computer Board (NCB) scholar and started his career with NCB. He has extensive working experience in China where he held various IT positions with Ericsson China, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) China and Giti Tire China. He is currently the founder and chief consulting officer at Young Technology Consulting Pte Ltd, a company that specializes in data privacy and protection. Kar Hong has a MSc in Bioinformatics, NTU and a MSc in Management of Technology, NUS. He studied computer science, economics, and mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and has a Practitioner Certificate in PDPA (Singapore). He was adjunct lecturer at various educational institutions. He taught at NUS Chinese-MBA program, EMBA at Yongsei University in Seoul, IHG GM Academy, SIT and Temasek Polytechnic.

Dr Prasanna Karthik Vairam

Dr Prasanna Karthik Vairam

Dr Prasanna Karthik Vairam is a faculty member at National University of Singapore. His research areas include software engineering, security and privacy of Internet users, and AI Privacy. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) and a M.Tech degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). In the past, he was a part of Intel’s processor development team, involved in graphics processor design. At NUS, Prasanna was awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award twice, for 2023 and 2024.

Programme Fees


Singapore Citizens Singapore PRs Enhanced Training Support for SMEs International Participants
39 years old or younger 40 years old or older
S$6,016.80 S$2,336.80 S$6,016.80 S$2,336.80 S$20,056.00
  1. Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, including GST, after additional funding from various funding schemes.
  2. Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components for all short courses within an advanced professional certificate to be eligible for SSG funding.
  3. The applicable funding is for Singaporeans and Singapore PRs. This is subject to change and in accordance with SSG funding guidelines as of course commencement.
  4. Maximum Candidature Period: Candidates who enrol for the professional certificates must complete the programme within three years from the start of their course.

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