Action Plan 2010 -2015 for Canada’s Cyber Securit y Strategy
Action
Timeline
Deliverable
Status
Lead
Work With Partners Outside the Government of Canada
Develop a new process to
coordinate a national response
to major cyber incidents.
Start:
2012
Develop a Cyber Incident
Management Framework.
On track for
fall 2013
Public Safety Canada
Engage owners and operators of
Canada’s critical infrastructure,
using the mechanisms
established under the National
Strategy and Action Plan for
Critical Infrastructure.
Start:
2010
Provide cyber security briefings to all
sector networks.
Ongoing
Public Safety Canada
Start:
2013
Develop and implement a strategy to
engage CEOs on cyber security.
On track for
spring 2013
Public Safety Canada
Establish the Federal Provincial and
Territorial Assistant Deputy Minister
Committee on cyber security.
Completed
Public Safety Canada
Obtain security clearances for,
and provide classified briefs to the
National Chief Information Officer
Sub Committee on Information
Protection which includes provinces
and municipal representatives.
Completed
Public Safety Canada
Develop and implement information
sharing arrangements and protocols.
Ongoing
Public Safety Canada
Engage provinces and territories
Start:
on cyber security, to seek their
2011
active engagement in improving
the cyber security of their systems
and vital systems under their
jurisdiction.
Develop a Cyber Security
Partnership Program for vital
systems outside the Government
to provide tangible support to
their owners and operators.
Start:
2001
Operate a Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ongoing
Coordinating Committee of Senior
Officials Cyber Crime Working Group.
Justice Canada
Start:
2010
Organize workshops across the
country to improve awareness and
understanding of the threats to
industrial control systems.
Ongoing
Public Safety Canada and
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police
Establish an Industrial Control System
laboratory program and testing
environment – the National Energy
Infrastructure Test Center.
Completed
Public Safety Canada,
Natural Resources Canada,
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, and Defence
Research and Development
Canada
Operate the Industrial Control System
laboratory program and testing
environment.
Ongoing
Public Safety Canada,
Natural Resources Canada,
and Defence Research and
Development Canada
Develop and implement a grant and
contribution program.
On track for
spring 2013
Public Safety Canada
Design and implement other program Ongoing
elements, in consultation with owners
and operators of vital systems.
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Public Safety Canada