"This cyber security playbook guides elections authorities on anticipating, mitigating, and responding to threats that are specific to Canada’s democratic processes. This playbook introduces baseline cyber security measures and best practices that you can implement to improve your organization’s security profile. This playbook also provides a set of standards to reference as elections authorities continue to improve current systems and implement new ones.
The guidance in this document is based on information gathered from various sources and is only intended to provide a set of recommendations that you can implement in addition to your organizational policies and practices.
This document does not provide exhaustive guidance on the measures you should take to protect your organization against cyber threats. You should develop your own playbook, basing it on the security considerations introduced here and your organization’s business needs and security requirements. "