GLI® Secure CyberSecure Canada Certification.
According to StaySafeOnline.org, 71% of data breaches happen to small businesses and nearly half of all small businesses have been the victim of a cyberattack.
Recognized by the Standards Council of Canada as a national CyberSecure Canada Certification Body, GLI Secure is here to help.
About the Program
What is CyberSecure Canada?
CyberSecure Canada is a federal cyber certification program that aims to:
- Raise the cyber security baseline among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Canada
- Increase consumer confidence in the digital economy
- Promote international standardization
- Better position SMEs to compete globally
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Certification
What does it mean to be certified?
A business has demonstrated that it has implemented the security controls established by the Cyber Centre, Canada’s cybersecurity experts. The CyberSecure Canada certification mark will give certified businesses official recognition by the federal government for demonstrating their compliance to the baseline security controls.
Who is it for?
A mark customers trust
The security controls aim to give SMEs the greatest amount of protection with the least amount of burden.
Requirements
What are the
requirements?
Certification requires Canadian SMEs to implement the baseline security controls developed by the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity. Among them are: developing an incident response plan, automatically patching operating systems and applications, enabling security software, providing employee awareness training, securing websites, backing up and encrypting data, implementing access control and authorization, securing portable media, securing mobility, establishing basic perimeter defences, securely configuring devices, and using strong user authentication.
Plan & Recover
Develop an incident response plan, and back up and encrypt your data to recover quickly from incidents.
Protect Systems
Automatically patch operating systems and applications, enable security software, secure websites, and establish basic perimeter defences.
Control Access
Implement access control and authorization, use strong user authentication, and securely configure devices, portable media, and mobility.
Educate People
Provide employee awareness training to build a security-first culture across the business.
How does the certification process work?
The process has been designed to allow the audit work to be performed remotely, helping small to medium organizations better manage cost. The audit consists of a documentation review against the standards requirements, with interviews being performed if clarification is needed.
How GLI Secure approaches your audit
Certification Bodies (CBs) are public and private businesses accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) who have met the requirements of the SCC. CBs verify that businesses have met all the security controls for certification using assessment criteria developed by the standard’s issuing body. GLI Secure is an accredited certification body. As Canada’s national accreditation body, the SCC rigorously assesses the experts who certify organizations.
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Gus Fritschie
SVP Information Security Services
