On April 5, 2019, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
released the Baseline Cyber Security Controls for Small and
Medium Organizations intended to assist small and medium
organizations in Canada that want recommendations to improve their
cyber security resiliency.
The centre, part of the Communications Security Establishment
(equivalent to the U.S. National Security Agency), was founded last
October to work collaboratively with Canada’s critical
infrastructure, academia, private industry and all levels of
government to combat cyber threats, manage government cybersecurity
incidents and provide other cyber-related services, education,
Guidelines and training.
The guidelines are intended to fill a critical gap for smaller
enterprises that have been slow to adopt adequate cybersecurity
protective measures. Reporting on the results of its analysis of
the Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and
Cybercrime, Statistics Canada found that Canadian businesses
spent $14
