CEA applauds measures to protect vital cyber systems


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Canadian Electricity Cybersecurity strengthens critical infrastructure against evolving cyber threats through incident response, CCIRC coordination, and Public Safety Canada partnerships, protecting vital cyber systems across the grid and enhancing resilience, preparedness, and recovery capabilities.

 

The Important Points

Policies, funding, and coordination that secure Canada's power grid from cyber threats via CCIRC and federal partners.

  • Focuses on protecting vital cyber systems in the electricity grid
  • Aligns utilities with Public Safety Canada and CCIRC coordination
  • Enhances prevention, detection, response, and recovery capabilities
  • Addresses growing, complex cyber threats to critical infrastructure

 

The Canadian Electricity Association CEA applauds the Government’s intention to enhance funding and introduce legislation to heighten the protection of vital cyber systems, as announced recently in the federal budget.

 

“Today’s announcement of new measures to protect vital cyber systems, such as regulatory reform initiatives, is encouraging,” said the Hon. Sergio Marchi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Electricity Association. “As one of Canada’s ten Critical Infrastructure sectors, CEA members are operators of vital cyber systems and work closely with the Government of Canada to protect physical and cyber assets essential to Canada’s security. We look forward to contributing to the development of any new legislation and to learning more about the details of these proposals, building on energy efficiency measures already welcomed.”

CEA's Pre-Budget 2015 Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance called for enhanced protection of electricity Critical Infrastructure through increased funding for Public Safety Canada’s Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre, alongside greater electricity investments to support grid resilience. To see the full submission, click here.

Quick Facts - Canada’s electricity sector and the future of the power grid are facing growing and increasingly complex cyber threats.

- Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre CCIRC is a national coordination centre that facilitates information sharing, support, and advice relating to the prevention of and mitigation of, preparedness for, and analysis such as US blackout study input to inform best practices, response to, and recovery from cyber events.

 

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