Action Plan 2010 -2015 for Canada’s Cyber Securit y Strategy
Action
Timeline
Deliverable
Status
Lead
Engage the International Community
Develop a Canada-U.S. Action
Plan on cyber security that will
bolster Canadian capabilities and
improve the cyber security of our
shared infrastructure.
Start:
2012
Develop the Canada-U.S. Action Plan
on Cyber Security, under the Beyond
the Border Action Plan.
Completed
Public Safety Canada
Start:
2010
Implement the Canada-U.S. Action
Plan on Cyber Security.
Ongoing
Public Safety Canada
Work with close allies and
partners to promote Canada’s
interest in a cyberspace that is
open, interoperable, secure,
and reliable.
Start:
2010
Permanently assign diplomatic
personnel for Canada in the United
Nations offices in Geneva to deal
specifically with cyber security issues.
Completed
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade
Work with international
organizations and foreign
Governments to improve their
cyber security capabilities,
thereby improving Canada’s
ability to keep our shared
infrastructure safe.
10
Start:
2012
Position Canada as one of the 15
Completed
nations working to prepare a major
United Nations study for the Secretary
of the United Nations.
Public Safety Canada,
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade, and Department of
National Defence/
Canadian Forces
Undertake regular policy and
operational collaboration
internationally.
Ongoing
Public Safety Canada,
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade and Department of
National Defence/
Canadian Forces
Undertake capacity building with a
Ongoing
number of regional partners including
the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations Regional
Forum and the Organization of
American States (OAS).
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade and Public Safety
Canada
Host an OAS workshop to share best
practices on the development of
national cyber security strategies.
Completed
Public Safety Canada
Develop a framework to ensure
that activities in cyberspace are
aligned with broader foreign
policy, international trade and
security objectives.
Start:
2012
Create a cyber security foreign policy.
On track for
fall 2013
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade
Improve Government
communication and collaboration
on international cyber issues.
Start:
2011
Establish and operate the Interdepartmental Working Group
on International Cyber Issues.
Ongoing
Rotating chair between
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade, Public Safety
Canada, Justice Canada,
and Industry Canada
Engage with international
partners to study the United
Nations’ work on cyber crime.
Start:
2010
Work on cyber crime study by the
United Nations. Represent Western
European and Other Governments as
Rapporteur (Justice Canada).
Ongoing
Justice Canada and
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade