Canadian businesses and industries are struggling to meet their cybersecurity needs​

There are four key workforce development challenges for Canadian businesses right now:​

• Generating and retaining cybersecurity operations talent to meet the needs of the Canadian labour market​
• Ensuring contributing technical and non-technical roles have required knowledge, skills and abilities​
• Being responsive to the changing technology landscape​
• Normalizing cybersecurity work and activities within the Canadian workplace.​

This Canadian Cybersecurity Skills Framework aligns with the robust and detailed U.S. National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. 

TECHNATION thanks the Cybersecurity Talent Alliance (CTA) and the numerous experts in industry and academia who contributed to the construction of the Cyber Security Skills Framework. In addition, TECHNATION thanks the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program under which development of this tool was funded.​

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security is the current custodian of this tool to ensure sustainability of the Cyber Security Skills Framework for all.  To learn more or download a copy of the Framework please visit the Canadian cyber security skills framework – Canadian Centre for Cyber Security