Action Plan 2010 -2015 for Canada’s Cyber Securit y Strategy In 2012, the Government announced additional funding to reinforce federal Government IT infrastructure, which is vital to the protection of the information of Canadians, and information that underpins Canada’s national security, public safety and economic prosperity. This funding is helping to strengthen Canada’s already secure, stable and resilient digital infrastructure. In 2012, Canada signed a Cyber Security Action Plan, under the Beyond the Border Action Plan, with the United States (U.S.) in order to enhance the already strong partnership and cooperation on cyber security matters between both countries. This action plan recognizes the importance of protecting the shared critical digital infrastructure between Canada and the U.S., and of increasing our capacity to respond to cyber incidents. In 2012, the Government announced a new partnership between PS and STOP.THINK.CONNECT.™, a coalition of private sector companies, non-profit and Government organizations, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This partnership will facilitate the alignment of public awareness campaigns in Canada and the U.S. and will provide citizens with important advice and tools to increase their online security. Canada also works closely with our other key security partners, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, to ensure that our domestic and international efforts remain complementary. Canada is actively working to advance its cyber security interests at key international fora including NATO, the G8, as well as the United Nations and its associated agencies. Canada continues to conduct outreach to share information and knowledge to strengthen the cyber security capacity of foreign partners. 2 The Government continues to engage critical infrastructure sectors (e.g. finance, transportation, energy), which are interconnected and spread out across Canada. To move forward with an integrated approach to engage this large stakeholder community, in 2010, PS and provincial/ territorial partners launched the National Strategy and Action Plan for Critical Infrastructure. Together with Canada Cyber Security Strategy, these documents set out the national game plan to ensure that Canada’s critical infrastructure sectors can respond and recover swiftly from incidents and disruptions, including cyber incidents. Finally, the Government has also taken steps to improve the collaboration between departments and agencies that are actively working to improve cyber security. Under the leadership of PS, new governance instruments have been established through a number of interdepartmental committees of senior officials. The Action Plan demonstrates the Government’s commitment to meet cyber threats head-on, with specific targeted actions aimed at producing significant, tangible results. The Government continues to work with its partners in the provinces and territories, in the private sector, and internationally, in order to improve our collective cyber security. Cyber security is an issue of national importance for which, given the interconnected nature of our systems and networks, we have a shared responsibility and accountability.