Mandate

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Technical Security Branch (TSB) is part of Technical Operations and is responsible, as mandated in Treasury Board policy, for the following aspects of physical and information technology security within the federal government:

1. In consultation with Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) and other departments, developing operational standards on physical and information technology security for the approval of Treasury Board, and advising on their application;
2. Developing, approving and issuing technical documents on physical and information technology security, and advising on their application;
3. Providing advice on threat and risk assessments for physical sites and information technology environments, when requested;
4. Advising departments on physical security, when requested;
5. Advising departments, other than the Department of National Defence, on information technology security, when requested;
6. Carrying out specialized training on physical and information technology security;
7. Reviewing and advising on counter-technical intrusion security, when requested;

Note: The RCMP is expecting its lead agency responsibilities for IT Security to be transferred to Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) in the revised version of the Policy on Government Security, expected to be released in early 2009.