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Critical Infrastructure Information Identification Project
GeoConnections is working with the Canadian public safety and security community to develop a standard way to exchange critical infrastructure data across the nation. Canada's critical infrastructure consists of those physical and information technology facilities, networks, services, and assets which, if disrupted or destroyed, would have a serious impact on the health, safety, security, or economic well-being of Canadians or on the effective functioning of governments in Canada.
GeoConnections has contracted Holonics Inc. to undertake the two phase project. The first begins with consultations in New Brunswick, Quebec, Alberta, the Yukon Territory, British Columbia, and the National Capital Region. These consultations will identify authoritative suppliers of location-based infrastructure data and allow emergency managers and public safety and security decision-makers to prioritize information requirements based on Public Safety Canada's ten sectors of critical infrastructure. The second phase will involve developing a standard framework to exchange critical infrastructure data. This approach will allow data to be maintained and controlled by data suppliers-eliminating the need for centralized databases.
Accessing and exchanging this information using the Canadian Geospatial Data
Infrastructure will allow the public safety and security community to share
data between different levels of government, infrastructure owners, and emergency
agencies while respecting any security or privacy limitations. This capability
will better equip these organizations to predict, prepare for, detect and respond
to threats to public safety and security.
For more information contact : Ken.Marshall@NRCan.gc.ca
Primary Partner:
Holonics Inc.
Gatineau,
Quebec;
Partners:
Zeta Group Inc. of Ottawa
Various stakeholders in the public safety and security and data
supplier communities across Canada
Funding From GeoConnections: $149,874.00 ( 100.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: February 14, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: December 31, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces