Operational Standard for the Security of Information Act
On December 24, 2001, amendments to the Official Secrets Act, as adopted by Parliament, became law. The Act was renamed the Security of Information Act. The amended Act aims to, among other things, modernize the espionage provisions and introduce new concepts, such as special operational information and persons permanently bound to secrecy.
Date modified: 2003-03-17
Glossary
- for cause (pour un motif valable)
- A determination that there is sufficient reason to review, revoke, suspend or downgrade a reliability status, a security clearance or site access.
- integrity (intégrité)
- The state of being accurate, complete, authentic and intact.
- managers at all levels (gestionnaires à tous les niveaux)
- Includes supervisors, managers and executives.
- protected asset or information (renseignement ou bien protégé)
- An asset or information that may qualify for an exemption or exclusion under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act because its disclosure would reasonably be expected to compromise the non-national interest.
- residual risk (risque résiduel)
- Level of risk remaining after security measures have been applied
- securityprogram (programme de sécurité)
- A group of security-related resource inputs and activities that are managed to address a specific need or needs and to achieve intended results.