Government of Canada Publications
What do two federal publications document about roles, responsibility and accountability across organizations?
Two federal publications, from different institutions and on different subjects: an alert on manipulated industrial control systems, and a study of federal procurement leadership.
What the Record Contains
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Alert AL25-016 (October 29, 2025)
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The alert reports incidents at a water facility where pressure values were tampered with, "resulting in degraded service for its community"; at an oil and gas company where a tank gauge was manipulated, "triggering false alarms"; and at a grain drying silo on a Canadian farm, "resulting in potentially unsafe conditions if not caught on time."
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Its first suggested action: "Unclear division of roles and responsibilities often creates gaps leaving critical systems unprotected. Effective communication and collaboration are essential to ensuring safety and security."
Office of the Procurement Ombud, *From Silos to Synergy* (September 16, 2024)
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"But no single leader speaks, provides rules and guidance, or oversees capacity development for federal procurement. The current procurement system is marked by silos of responsibility and accountability that sometimes either overlap or leave gaps."
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The study records the point made by one interviewee, a senior procurement official: that "everyone is doing their little piece but these pieces don't really fit together all the time."
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Securityissuer of the alert
- Royal Canadian Mounted Policerecipient of incident reports with the Cyber Centre
- Office of the Procurement Ombudauthor of the study
- ?The identity of the organizations affected by the reported cyber incidents.
- ?Any relationship between the two publications, which concern different subjects.