When it comes to cybersecurity, we are stronger together.
Cybersecurity Program
In collaboration with our partners, we connect Canada’s research and education sector to world-class cybersecurity expertise, services, and tools.
To secure Canada’s research and education sector, it’s critical to strengthen the capacity of every institution and coordinate efforts that are underway at every level. We call this Collective Defence:
- Locally by research & education (R&E) institutions,
- Regionally by provincial and territorial partners in the National Research and Education Network (NREN), and
- Nationally by CANARIE and our federal partners, including the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity, RCMP, and national institutions representing the R&E sector.
Cybersecurity Program Announcements
- SecuR&E Forum 2025 recordings available
- National Cybersecurity Assessment – new cycle launches January 2026
- Sector-Wide Cybersecurity Investment Analysis available by request
- Funding proposal for national roll-out of CanSSOC Federated Security Operations Centre submitted
CANARIE’s cybersecurity services are funded for Canadian research and education organizations that are eligible to participate in the Cybersecurity Initiatives Program (CIP). Over 220 Canadian universities, colleges, polytechnics, cégeps, research institutes, and partner organizations benefit from services. These services are structured around 5 core areas where we can deliver the most value to the sector through our funding mandate through Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED), leveraging ongoing investments at the provincial, territorial, and institutional level.
CANARIE’s Pillars of Collective Cybersecurity
Working together to elevate individual and collective cyber resilience and effectively prepare for, detect, respond to, and mitigate cyber threats.
1. Risk and compliance assessment & prioritization
1. Risk and compliance assessment & prioritization
2. Actionable threat intelligence
2. Actionable threat intelligence
3. Alert synchronization, triage, & action
3. Alert synchronization, triage, & action
4. Sharing & pooling of cybersecurity resources
4. Sharing & pooling of cybersecurity resources
5. Community Engagement
5. Community Engagement
Cybersecurity Services Innovation
Operating in parallel to CANARIE’s ISED-funded initiatives, a group of 15 Canadian universities and CANARIE, collectively known as the Research-Intensive Group (RIG), fund and support collaborative innovation projects focused on cybersecurity, tailored to the needs of Canada’s R&E community.
RIG pilots assess the viability of projects to advance to national shared services, including cost model options to sustain funding.
Successful pilots include Dark Web Monitoring, now integrated into the Threat Feed service and available to the whole sector.
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