Translation of "zone de sécurité des technologies de l'information " (French → English) :

(c) the technical measures ensuring the minimum, information technology security standards for communication and distribution of information within the system of interconnection of registers;

I am confident that the federal government can achieve its objective of strengthening and standardizing its IT security procedures throughout the public service (1620) [English] My optimism in our ability to meet our IT security objectives in the context of the dynamically changing risk environment rests in the government's broad action plan, which includes the following four points: improving our monitoring and oversight activities, including the completion of the mid-term report in the weeks ahead and annual IT security self-assessments by departments and agencies; secondly, ensuring that GoC institutions ...[+++] take IT security risks into account as part of their corporate risk profile; thirdly, requiring IT security action plans from government departments and agencies, signed by deputy ministers and heads of agencies, no later than summer 2005; and fourthly, supplementing the MITS with technical documentation as required.

Treasury Board Secretariat and lead security agencies, namely the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, and the Communications Security Establishment, play a key role in developing and renewing IT security standards, technical documentation, and guidance to respond to new IT challenges and opportunities. Ms. Helen McDonald: For example, last May TBS introduced the management of information technology security or MITS st ...[+++]andard, which covers the 40 standards that had been identified in 2002 as key to an effective Government of Canada IT security posture.

steps up scientific research in the weakest areas, such as the assessment of the security of information technologies, their integration into the system, end-user protection and technologies designed to enhance the protection of privacy to include systems like Anti-Echelon/Magic Lantern/Carnivore systems;

Under the National Defence Act, CSE engages in three broad areas of activity: The collection of foreign intelligence; the protection of electronic information and networks critical to the Government of Canada —what we call information technology, IT, security; and, the provision of assistance to federal law enforcement and security agencies.

Under the government security policy, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, is identified as a lead agency in physical and information technology security.