Privacy and cyber security : Vie privée et cybersécurité

Since its launch, the Government of Canada has made public awareness and outreach efforts a priority, informing Canadians about ways to protect and safeguard their personal information in the digital sphere.15 For example, as the private sector carries significant responsibility for cyber security, much of the information generated and stored in cyberspace is not within the control of individual u [...] Given that the private sector is also largely responsible for the critical infrastructures in Canada,16 the second pillar of the Strategy and Action Plan recognizes that many of the risks and impacts of cyber incidents are shared between public and private sectors. [...] Peter Wood, Chief Executive Officer of First Base Technologies LLP and a member of the ISACA London Chapter Security Advisory Group, explains that the crux of the issue is that big data’s volume and velocity “expands the boundaries of existing information security responsibilities and introduces significant new risks and challenges.”42 ______________________________________________________________ [...] Many of the risks and impacts of cyber incidents are shared between governments and the private sector, but it is most often the private sector that is on the front line in confronting these threats, given that they control the vast majority of the telecommunications infrastructure.43. [...] The concept of stewardship in cyber security acknowledges that cyberspace belongs to no one in particular, but that everybody has an influential role to play in shaping its foundation and a stake in its evolution.63 This alternative approach recognizes that cyber security is a shared responsibility because of the ways in which cyberspace is interconnected and interdependent, and the role all organ