Cape Breton Post

Feds roll out new cybersecur­ity strategy

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OTTAWA — The federal government is rolling out a new cybersecur­ity strategy designed to better protect the country and its citizens from the growing threat of online attacks and crime.

The plan, backstoppe­d by $500 million over five years that was included in this year’s federal budget, includes a range of initiative­s aimed at the public as well as businesses.

Those include the establishm­ent of a new Canadian Centre for Cyber Security this fall, a certificat­ion program for small businesses that want to shore up their cyberdefen­ces and more resources for the RCMP to tackle online crime.

But the plan faces challenges, including a shortage of cybersecur­ity specialist­s that is making it difficult for the federal government and others to recruit talent.

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