Smart Opportunities in Candian Cyber security

Understand how cyber security protects digital information and infrastructure, and why every individual and sector plays a role in a connected nation and economic prosperity.

Discover how Canada's national cyber security strategy addresses evolving threats with secure and resilient systems, collaborative leadership, and an innovative, adaptive cyber ecosystem.

Explore the strategic context and evolving cyber threats facing governments, businesses, and Canadians online. Identify diverse malicious actors and attacks, including phishing, ransomware, and data breaches.

Advance secure and resilient Canadian systems through collaboration with partners and enhanced cybersecurity, protecting Canadians from cybercrime and safeguarding critical infrastructure, privacy, and essential government and private services.

Rising demand for cyber security professionals opens opportunities for Canada to attract multidisciplinary talent domestically and from abroad, with STEM and other graduates specializing in cyber skills.

Position Canada as a global leader in cyber security through partnerships, research and development, and investments in digital skills and emerging technologies like quantum computing and blockchain.

Lead collaboration across government, industry, and Canadians to raise the baseline of cyber security under the national strategy, advancing secure, blockchain-enabled public services and resilience against threats.

The government of Canada positions itself as a leader in cyber security, fostering cross-sector collaboration, unified guidance for partners, and a cohesive national governance framework to strengthen cyber resilience.

Learn how effective leadership, governance, and collaboration raise Canada's baseline cyber security, align government and private sectors, and explore blockchain applications for secure public services.

Explore Canada's 2024 update to the national cyber security strategy, addressing ransomware, cyber espionage, and foreign interference, while strengthening critical infrastructure protection and guiding an adaptable cyberspace approach.

Review highlights rising cyber threat actors, increased ransomware, and growing cyber risk from greater digital reliance. Leverage federal leadership and cross-sector collaboration to protect Canadians and strengthen cyber defenses.

Canada's digital landscape faces rising cyber threats as Covid 19 drives remote work and online services. The National Cyber Security Strategy guides secure systems, an innovative ecosystem, and coordinated leadership.

Public Safety Canada conducts a mid-term review of the national cyber security strategy to assess performance, milestones, and lessons learned. The report highlights collaboration, foundation investments, and ongoing talent challenges.

Explore how the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security provides a unified source of expert advice and support for government, private sector, and the public.

Coordinate cybercrime investigations across Canada and collaborate with international partners to reduce threats, impacts, and victimization. The NC3 reached initial operating capability in 2020 and targets full capability by 2024.

Canada strengthens secure and resilient systems by protecting critical infrastructure and advancing cryptography against quantum threats. RCMP cybercrime teams and the cyber operations branch enhance threat intelligence and incident response.

Drive an innovative and adaptive cyber ecosystem through Government of Canada investments in research and skills development, including more than 1000 student placements, and a national standard for SMEs.

Canada demonstrates leadership in cyber security through governance and collaboration, enhancing information sharing, energy infrastructure resilience, and international cooperation while promoting an open, secure internet and evidence-based decision making.

Assess three years of the national cyber security strategy, noting covid-19 disruptions, pivots to virtual delivery, and lessons for securing government systems, protecting critical infrastructure, and strengthening the cyber workforce.

Canada's national cyber security strategy laid a foundation to protect Canadians, but evolving threats demand a more agile response, renewed in 2021 with workforce, infrastructure, and collaboration investments.

Explore the cyber security career guide on cyber.gc.ca for pathways and roles. Earn certificates in networking security, system administration, and penetration testing to enter Canada’s cyber workforce.

Explore the job bank to find Canada's cybersecurity opportunities, identify your specialty - penetration testing, policy, or vulnerability research - and assess markets like British Columbia.