The Government of Canada is committed to enhancing the security and resilience of critical infrastructure and exercising leadership in cyber security to foster collaboration. To that end, critical infrastructure operators in Canada now have an important new resource to help protect themselves against cyber threats.
Today, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), a part of the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE), is publishing a suite of voluntary guidelines designed to further protect essential services for people in Canada and enhance cyber security resilience overall.
Called the Cyber Security Readiness Goals (CRGs), this new resource offers a toolkit with 36 cross-sector cyber security practices - that build on available advice and guidance. The CRGs list important steps organizations can take toward goals that will improve their cyber security posture in the face of increasingly complex cyber security threats.
Designed to be an evergreen resource that can be used by all critical infrastructure sectors, the CRGs will be updated as the Cyber Centre based on feedback from partners and as the threat landscape evolves over time.
Critical infrastructure services and systems are increasingly vulnerable due to their reliance on complex networks of interdependent digital services, assets and facilities.
This flagship resource is yet another step forward in Canada's ongoing efforts to remain at the leading edge of cyber security resilience and protect this country's vital critical infrastructure systems.
