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Infrastructure Security

Program code
BWF03 (SHARE)
Core responsibility
Cyber and IT Security
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Infrastructure Security 2018-19: $107MInfrastructure Security 2019-20: $108MInfrastructure Security 2020-21: $118MInfrastructure Security 2021-22: $116MSecurity 2020-21: $228MSecurity 2021-22: $139MSecurity 2022-23: $137MInfrastructure SecuritySecurity
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Infrastructure SecurityThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$215M
SecurityLater program (name match, low confidence)2020-21 – 2022-23$228M

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Employees (FTEs) 498, against 251 in 2018-19 (+99%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators added: % of time the remote access services are availableDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: % of time the infrastructure security services are available (aggregate)Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 1,244, against 498 in 2019-20 (+150%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Appears to be replaced by SecurityCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

% of time the remote access services are available
Expected result: Secured Government of Canada IT Infrastructure through Planning, Design and Lifecycle Management of Security products
100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 99.9%2020100%Met
% of time the infrastructure security services are available (aggregate)
Expected result: Secure IT infrastructure
100%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 99.9%2019100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $73.9M2018-19: $107M2018-192019-20: $121M2019-20: $108M2019-202020-21: $118M2020-212021-22: $116M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$73.9M$107M
2019-20$121M$108M
2020-21$118M*—
2021-22$116M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 3242018-19: 2512018-192019-20: 5232019-20: 4982019-202020-21: 1,2442020-212021-22: 1,2442021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19324251
2019-20523498
2020-211,244*—
2021-221,244*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$73,894,728$78,936,934$79,058,230
2019-20 plan$120,612,344$118,286,090$115,806,256
Actual$107,124,368$107,695,505

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.