<aside> 💡 Cybersecurity plays a significant role in digital rights because it is a body of technology that reports systems, networks and data from cyber attacks. Cybersecurity is important because it provides practical measures to protect information, networks, data, servers, intranets and computer systems against internal or external threats. This page includes the importance and types of cybersecurity as well as tools offered by the Government of Canada to help sectors improve their cybersecurity postures.

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What is Cybersecurity?

As the number of users grows along with the increasing deluge of data, the growing volume of cyber attackers increases as well, making it impossible for cyber attacks to be stopped that it is a question of “when” the cyber attacks will happen. In addition, cybercriminals are well aware of how poorly secured most organizations are.

Cybersecurity is a body of technology that protects systems, networks and data from cyber attacks that try to gain access to sensitive data from individuals and exploit it for malicious purposes. Cybersecurity is important because it includes practical measures to protect information, networks, data, servers, intranets and computer systems against internal or external threats. A comprehensive cybersecurity strategy with several levels of security dispersed throughout the computers, networks and applications can reduce cyberattacks, protect against unauthorized exploration and help individuals and organizations control their network resources and achieve their goals without interference.

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Cybersecurity Types

Cybersecurity can be categorized into many different distinct types. A company should create a thorough plan incorporating these types of cybersecurity to protect its bases completely.

Network Security

Information Security

Application Security

Infrastructure Security

Operational Security

Cloud Security

User Training

Cyber Centre Tools

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security offers a number of tools and services to help critical infrastructure sectors improve their cybersecurity posture. Critical infrastructure sectors can email the Contact Center at [email protected] to request access to the following tools and services, though there will be an onboarding procedure.

• Threat intelligence
• Alerts about cyber threats and vulnerabilities (with mitigations)
  • Weekly incident summaries
  • Regular threat briefings
  • Vulnerability notifications
• Access to malware analysis platform
• Access to real-time threat feed of indicators of compromise
• Access to cybersecurity assessments and templates
• Dedicated Cyber Centre point of contact

Non-critical infrastructure organizations can sign up for cybersecurity alerts, flashes, reports, and assessments by emailing the Contact Centre at [email protected].

How to Respond to Heightened Threat Levels