Participate in the Cybersecurity Initiatives Program (CIP)

Why participate?

• Unique access to a national community of security experts in research and education (R&E) 

• The opportunity to strengthen your team’s security capacity and expertise
  • Integrated training & support 
  • Ability to draw on a national pool of R&E security experts
• Opportunities to contribute your own expertise and help shape the evolution of initiatives that strengthen the whole sector. 

Eligibility Requirements

• Eligible Organizations (EOs) can access program initiatives and deploy them at no cost. EOs must be:
  • A post-secondary institution, a non-federal research facility, or a Centre of Excellence;
  • Connected to Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN); and a member of a provincial or territorial NREN Partner; and
  • Connected to that NREN Partner through an autonomous network.

   

How to Participate

If your organization meets the eligibility requirements above, follow these three steps:

1. Contact [email protected] and request a link to the CIP participation form.
2. If eligible, a member of the CANARIE team will send you an Organization Cybersecurity Collaboration Agreement (OCCA), the agreement required to participate in the CIP.
3. Once this agreement has been signed by signatories from your organization and CANARIE, your organization will become a CIP participant and have access to funded initiatives.

Support

If you have any questions about this process or any CIP funded initiatives, please contact our team at: cip [at] canarie.ca  

• View a Sample OCCA
  https://www.canarie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCCA-Sample.pdf 

• View a Sample Participation Form
  https://www.canarie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CIP-Initiatives-Application.pdf