A secure digital nation, capable of advancing Canada’s economic prosperity and national security through innovative cybersecurity education, training, and awareness, presented on a graduated scale that addresses the full spectrum of cybersecurity talent needs now and especially in the future.

The CTA will provide a platform and ecosystem of cybersecurity education, training and workforce development, and enhance the overall cybersecurity talent and skills position of Canada.

• Stimulate the development of strategies, approaches, and techniques to more rapidly increase the supply of qualified cybersecurity workers.
• Nurture a diverse learning community through creative efforts that increase the number of underrepresented populations in the cybersecurity workforce.
• Inspire cybersecurity career awareness, stimulate exploration, and enable preparedness with students in K-12.
• Provide support to organizations to address market demands by providing tools and techniques that enhance recruitment, hiring practices, development, and retention of cybersecurity talent.
• Publish and raise awareness of the Canadian cybersecurity workforce framework and encourage its adoption.
• Facilitate research and foresight to identify and analyse data sources that support projecting present and future demand and supply of qualified cybersecurity workers.

This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program.