The initiative is part of the federal government’s ‘cloud-first strategy’ to meet the increasing demand for online services and provide an alternative to its own, increasingly creaky computers
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Statistics Canada is planning to move its information holdings to the digital cloud – a shift the national number-crunching agency acknowledges will prompt questions about the protection of sensitive data.
“The use of cloud technology may also raise questions about data sovereignty and the possible access to and use of data under the laws of another country.” In addition, there are long-standing information-sharing agreements and a legal assistance process between security and law-enforcement agencies in Canada and the U.S.The Canadian government is obligated to protect personal data and highly sensitive information related to national security, cabinet discussions, military affairs and legal matters.
In the same vein, shifting statistical data to the cloud creates “a heightened level of risk that isn’t necessary” given the possibility of data hacks and breaches, Smith said.“A better arrangement would be to have Statistics Canada operating its own data centres and keeping them offline.” The agency intends to adopt a “hybrid, multi-cloud strategy” that will see applications and data housed by a mix of government data centres and cloud providers, he added.
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