Week 03: Key Legislation, Policy, and Players

Question 1

What is meant by a node and why are they critical?

Answer 1

A node is a point where edges (lines) connect.

They are critical because a failure would cause the database to become unsafe and force a shutdown.

Question 2

Fill in the Blanks:

“The Emergency Management Act provides the legislative framework for _____ and __________ management of ___________ and _________.”

Answer 2

Local, Provincial, Emergencies, Disasters

Question 3

What was last amended to address the growing need for local and provincial states of emergencies to work together during emergencies and disasters, including wildfires, floods and pandemics?

Answer 3

The Emergency Management Act

Question 4

True or False:

The Federal legislation under the Emergency Management Act states that “… each minister accountable to Parliament for a government institution are to identify the risks that are within or related to his or her area of responsibility - including those related to CI.”

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

True or False:

Where those respective ministers identify such risks to CI, the legislation also obligates them to improvise emergency management plans in respect to those of risks, maintain, test, and implement those plans; and conduct exercises and training in relation to those plans.

Answer 5

FALSE

PREPARE not IMPROVISE

Question 6

What are the responsibilities of the Federal government in CIP? (4)

Answer 6

1. Advance a collaborative federal, provincial, and territorial approach to strengthening the resiliency of CI
2. Collaborate with provincial and territorial governments to achieve the objectives of the Strategy
3. Collaborate with national associates
4. Collaborate with CI owners and operators within federal mandate in consultation with provinces and territories.

Question 7

What are the responsibilities of the Provincial and Territorial governments in CIP? (3)

Answer 7

1. Advance a collaborative federal, provincial, and territorial approach to strengthening the resiliency of CI
2. Collaborate with federal, provincial, and territorial governments to achieve the objectives of the Strategy
3. Coordinate activities with their stakeholders, including municipalities or local governments where it applies associations and CI owners and operators.

Question 8

What are the responsibilities of CI owners and operators in CIP? (2)

Answer 8

1. Manage risk to their own CI
2. Participate in CI identification, assessment, prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities.

Question 9

Match the CI Commitments to one of these years (2001, 2004, 2005, 2010):

A. Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP) mandate

B. National strategy and action plan for CI

C. working with provinces, territories, and the private sector on national capabilities in CIP; securing government systems by increasing capacity to predict and prevent cyber attacks against government systems.

D. To provide national leadership with respect to CI - including physical and cyber domains.

E. The Strategy’s goal is to enhance resiliency of CI in Canada by building partnerships and advancing the timely sharing and protecting of information among partners.

F. National Security policy

G. The Canadian Cyber Incident Response Center (CCIRC) was announced with the mandate of serving as a national focal point for cyber security readiness and response; dealing with threats and attacks to Canada’s cyber critical infrastructure 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, and building national capacity.

H. Review of the National Security Policy

I. Focus to reduce cyber vulnerabilities

Answer 9

A & D = 2001
C, F, & I = 2004
G & H = 2005
B & E = 2010

Question 10

Canada’s international partners in CI include who? (4)

Answer 10

1. Australia
2. United Kingdom
3. United States
4. New Zealand