2018-2020 Accomplishments
Under the National Cross Sector Forum 2018-2020 Action Plan for Critical
Infrastructure, PS completed an examination of the National Strategy
and Canada’s overall approach to critical infrastructure. This occurred
through engagement with key national critical infrastructure stakeholders,
including: the National Cross Sector Forum (NCSF), Lead Federal
Departments (LFDs), the Federal/ Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working
Group for Critical Infrastructure, and limited one-on-one meetings with
members of the broader critical infrastructure community, as well as
academia.
During this period, PS continued to conduct all-hazards risk assessments
through the Regional Resilience Assessment Program (RRAP). This
included working with provinces and territories to determine priority sites
for assessment, and to identify and implement measures to increase the
impact and reach of the RRAP. Between 2018 and 2020, RRAP continued
work on broader all-hazards regional assessments with the third crossborder RRAP project; maintained a high critical infrastructure owner/
operator satisfaction rating; and created sector profiles by analyzing
aggregate data from site assessments.
PS also worked closely with critical infrastructure stakeholders to expand
the reach of its cyber engagement mechanisms, including through the
Industrial Control System (ICS) Security Symposiums. ICS Security
Symposiums brought together Canada’s critical infrastructure owners
and operators for briefings on the latest threats, hands-on development of
incident handler skills, and information to increase the security of ICS.
PS also launched a web conference series where industry experts provided
briefings on topics related to ICS security. The inaugural meeting reached
capacity and has allowed PS to expand its reach to stakeholders across the
country.
Cross-sector tabletop exercises in coordination with LFDs, provinces and
territories, municipalities and critical infrastructure owners and operators
also continued through Nexus Vitalis 2019. These exercises brought
together the critical infrastructure community to simulate responses to allhazard attacks (e.g. cyber attacks), as well as to reinforce new and existing
partnerships by sharing information and tackling shared problems. PS
completed the Nexus Vitalis exercise series in three different regions
(Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Atlantic Canada) in spring 2019.
Given that private owners and operators of critical infrastructure depend
on important event and steady state information from the Government
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