Mr. Chair, good afternoon.
I'm pleased to be here to report on progress made by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat regarding chapter 3 of the 2012 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
As Deputy Minister Guimont indicated in his remarks, cyber-security is a shared responsibility. As chief information officer of the Government of Canada, I am committed to ensuring that the secretariat does its part to protect federal information systems against the ever-evolving cyber-threat. In the fall 2012 report, the Auditor General asked TBS to update relevant policies and plans to reflect the new information technology security roles and responsibilities of Shared Services Canada.
I am pleased to say that we have already updated the information technology incident management plan—the IT IMP—to define the roles of SSC with respect to incident management, and we continue to improve this plan on an ongoing basis. We are currently refreshing our security policy suite to embed the roles and responsibilities of SSC. This refreshed suite remains on target to be published later this year.
The Auditor General also noted that TBS had placed a renewed emphasis on increasing awareness of best practices for IT security across government. These efforts have led to the development of a security awareness training program that will provide all government employees with a standardized foundation of security principles.
Going forward, we will continue to work with our partners and support the security community, focusing on setting a common government-wide direction for security, establishing key security priorities and leading coordinated efforts to strengthen our collective security posture.
Thank you for your time, Mr. Chair. I would be pleased to answer any questions from the committee.