Canada's New Cybersecurity Certification Goes Live

The federal government has officially launched the CyberSecure Canada ("CyberSecure") online portal.

In mid-August, the voluntary CyberSecure program was introduced to help small and medium-sized organizations implement cybersecurity measures to protect against cyber threats.¹ At the time, the program was in a pilot phase and businesses were only able to sign up as "early adopters" to test the certification process.  The program is now open to all eligible businesses.

Participating businesses can improve their cybersecurity with the help of CyberSecure by first adopting the baseline set of security requirements and then completing the certification process.

The baseline security requirements are intended to be simple and affordable steps businesses can take to mitigate or prevent the most common cyber threats. These requirements include, among others, implementing employee awareness training and an incident response plan.²