ITSP.10.171

Protecting Specified Information in Non-Government of Canada Systems and Organizations

ITSP.10.171 sets out security requirements for protecting 'specified information' when it resides in non-Government of Canada systems or organizations. It aligns with NIST standards but adapts them to the Canadian regulatory environment.

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Overview

ITSP.10.171 is a cybersecurity standard issued by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security to ensure the confidentiality of specified information as it resides in non-Government of Canada (non-GC) systems. The publication is modeled after NIST SP 800-171 but tailored to reflect Canadian legal, regulatory, and operational contexts. It outlines 17 families of security requirements, such as access control, incident response, and supply chain risk management. Non-GC organizations working with GC bodies must comply with these standards to safeguard contractual information. The document also supports scoping methods to limit security requirements to designated system components, balancing security needs with practicality. It references ITSP.10.033 as its control baseline and introduces organization-defined parameters (ODPs) for scalability and flexibility.

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