Network security

Network security is more important now than ever, as Canadians access more and more programs and services online. Protecting the government’s IT infrastructure from vulnerabilities and responding to cyber security-related attacks is critical to the safety and security of Canadians’ data and services provided by the Government of Canada (GC).

All of the work SSC is undertaking to modernize the enterprise network improves the security of the network as a whole, as well as the data that flows through it.

Designing the network to be appropriately secured from the ground up minimizes the number and types of flaws that could compromise security. Converging, consolidating and standardizing to a common, shared, enterprise network improves reliability and stability, thereby reducing the time and effort spent on troubleshooting problems. It also makes maintenance much simpler.

Moving to software-defined networks improves continuous network and application performance monitoring. Using a single window to manage network traffic, regardless of the number of vendors and products in the infrastructure, allows greater visibility of critical business traffic performance.

Modernized networks use the latest security measures that:

• better protect personal information
• connect seamlessly to cloud and enterprise data centres
• move at a speed and scale that gives users the connectivity they need to do their work