Cybersecurity Needed Now More Than Ever

The vast majority of businesses rely on information technology to run their businesses and to store, process, and transmit information. Protecting this information from unauthorized disclosure, modification, use, or deletion is essential for those companies and their customers.

With limited resources and budgets, these companies need cybersecurity guidance, solutions, and training that is practical, actionable, and enables them to costeffectively address and manage their cybersecurity risks.

The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada encourages Canadian businesses to utilize Cybersecure Canada, a federal cyber certification program that raises the cybersecurity baseline among small and medium enterprises (SMES) in

Canada, increase consumer confidence in the digital economy, promote international standardization and better positions SMES to compete globally. Certification requires Canadian SMES to implement the baseline security controls developed by the Canadian

Centre for Cyber Security. The security controls gives SMES the greatest amount of protection with the least amount of burden.

The Cybersecure Canada certification mark will give certified businesses official recognition by the Federal Government for demonstrating their compliance to baseline security controls.

The certification mark provides an easy way for customers, investors, partners and suppliers to know that a business has decreased their cyber risk. Given the current economic landscape, cybersecurity is becoming more relevant for SMES. For more information contact, Megan Henwood,

Regional Economic Advisor, Pacific Region

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / Government of Canada megan.henwood@canada.ca Tel: 604-666-1416