Cyber security month continues in Canada with the release of the
Auditor General's Fall 2012 Report.
Chapter 3 evaluates the federal government's progress on
protecting Canadian critical infrastructure against cyber threats.
As the Auditor General noted, the federal government is uniquely
positioned to protect Canadians because of its access to foreign
intelligence and other information sources that are not available
to other stakeholders.
What is the Auditor General's assessment? The federal
government has been stating its commitment to address cyber
security threats to critical infrastructure since 2001. However,
"[d]espite several past strategies and funding, [...] progress
in achieving these commitments has been slow." It appears that
that the government's focus has been on policy development
(and, perhaps, redevelopment) rather than monitoring threats and
building sectoral partnerships.
