Action Plan 2010 -2015 for Canada’s Cyber Securit y Strategy
Action
Timeline
Deliverable
Status
Lead
Create Shared Services Canada to
consolidate the Government’s digital
backbone.
Completed
Public Works and
Government Services
Canada
Develop and implement new security
standards for the procurement of
information technology products and
services for the Government.
Completed
Shared Services Canada,
Public Works and
Government Services
Canada, and
Communications Security
Establishment Canada
Secure Government Systems
Consolidate the Government’s
information technology security
architecture, in order to improve
the security of Government
networks.
Start:
2011
Establish a mechanism to
prevent and address
sophisticated incidents on
Government networks.
Start:
2011
Establish and operate the Cyber
Threat Evaluation Centre at
Communications Security
Establishment Canada.
Fully operational
Communications Security
Establishment Canada
Invest to reinforce the
Government’s cyber security
capabilities.
Start:
2011
Invest $155 million over four years to
hire new staff, and invest in better
equipment.
On track for winter
2016
Various departments
Start:
2012
Develop enterprise IT security
architecture designs to ensure basic
security building blocks are instilled
as Government IT infrastructure
is renewed.
Ongoing
Treasury Board Secretariat
(in collaboration with
Shared Services Canada
and Communications
Security Establishment
Canada)
Start:
2012
Deliver a new Government-wide IT
security incident recovery capability
to ensure timely response to and
recovery from compromise.
Ongoing
Treasury Board Secretariat,
Shared Services Canada,
Communications Security
Establishment Canada
Start:
2012
Increase capacity to collect and
analyze intelligence.
Ongoing
Communications Security
Establishment Canada
Start:
2012
Improve capacity to detect and
defend against cyber threats.
Ongoing
Communications Security
Establishment Canada
Start:
2010
Strengthen capacity to defend
Department of National Defence/
Canadian Forces networks.
Ongoing
Department of National
Defence/Canadian Forces
Establish a Canadian Forces Cyber
Task Force and Director General
Cyber organization.
Completed
Department of National
Defence/Canadian Forces
Exchange information about cyber
best practices with allied militaries.
Ongoing
Department of National
Defence/Canadian Forces
Revise the Government’s Information
Technology Incident Management
Plan.
Completed
Treasury Board Secretariat
Lead and facilitate a variety of
Government security community
events, forums and training related
initiatives.
Ongoing
Treasury Board Secretariat
Strengthen military aspects
of cyber security.
Improve the Government’s plan
to respond effectively to a major
cyber incident.
Start:
2009
Improve security training and
Start:
awareness throughout the
2010
Government’s security community.
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