Monitoring Information

The Department regularly monitors the electronic network to ensure adherence to Departmental policies related to information security. Mechanisms are in place and additional technologies will be introduced across the organization that will help employees ‘do the right thing’ with the information that they create and manage. Ultimately these measures and technologies will help ensure that the information that is entrusted to us by Canadians is safe, secure and protected. The Data Loss Prevention program monitors network drives and emails to ensure that information that is saved in the repertories or sent by email complies with the information safeguard measures.

Data in Use	Data at Rest	Data in Motion
Monitors access activity. This includes management of authorized eUSB devices (eUSB Key: Password \| eUSB Key: Biometric \| Encrypted Hard Disk/Drive), CD/DVDs and other departmentally provisioned devices, and reports on unauthorized device activity.	Monitors ESDC’s electronic network to ensure that high risk information is stored in the appropriate storage repository.	Monitors real-time electronic network traffic to identify information at risk as it is being sent. E-mail contents and attachments will be automatically scanned, and the employee notified.