{"id":280905,"date":"2026-06-24T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:55:27","slug":"new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"New SAIT and Mastercard partnership targets cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/06\/24\/3317094\/0\/en\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity-gaps-facing-canada-s-small-businesses-and-non-profits.html\">New SAIT and Mastercard partnership targets cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/06\/24\/3317094\/0\/en\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity-gaps-facing-canada-s-small-businesses-and-non-profits.html\">https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/06\/24\/3317094\/0\/en\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity-gaps-facing-canada-s-small-businesses-and-non-profits.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-24 12:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.globenewswire.com\">www.globenewswire.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June  24, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and Mastercard are collaborating to expand access to cybersecurity learning and help organizations in Western Canada strengthen their digital resilience. SAIT Cybersecurity Learning Collective, powered by Mastercard, is a 10-week, 80-hour course designed for small businesses, non-profits and social enterprises, with the first cohort starting in September. Tuition is fully covered for eligible participants through funding from Mastercard, subject to program criteria and availability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCyber threats don\u2019t discriminate by size, yet many small businesses and non-profits are left navigating complex risks without the tools or support they need,\u201d says Vis Naidoo, Associate Vice President, Continuing Education and Professional Studies, SAIT. \u201cThis course will help equip leaders with the knowledge and framework to make informed decisions and strengthen their organization\u2019s resilience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naidoo adds, \u201cTogether with Mastercard, we\u2019re helping businesses build the digital and financial resilience needed to support their long-term growth and integrate resiliency into their foundation and organizational culture.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Participants will gain practical tools to assess cyber risk, implement protective measures and prepare for cybersecurity incidents through immersive simulation exercises. By the end of the course, each participant will work towards developing an implementation-ready plan that aligns cybersecurity practices with their organization\u2019s mission, governance responsibilities and operational capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall businesses, non-profits and social enterprises are the backbone of the Canadian economy and our communities, and they are operating in an environment of increasingly complex cyber risks,\u201d said Jennifer M. Sloan, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement, Mastercard, Canada. \u201cOur&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/06\/24\/3317094\/0\/en\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity-gaps-facing-canada-s-small-businesses-and-non-profits.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New SAIT and Mastercard partnership targets cybersecurity https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/06\/24\/3317094\/0\/en\/new-sait-and-mastercard-partnership-targets-cybersecurity-gaps-facing-canada-s-small-businesses-and-non-profits.html Publish Date: 2026-06-24 12:27:00 Source Domain: www.globenewswire.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/Resource\/Download\/463b6d5b-8a24-4249-a0ed-2948d135b928","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280907,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280905\/revisions\/280907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}