MITNET / SIGNET-D infrastructure - Privacy Impact Assessment: Global Affairs Canada

The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was developed as part of the Department’s commitment to protection of personal information. It also meets the Management of Information Technology Security requirements obligating departmental major services to undergo a security and privacy assessment at this point. The scope of the PIA was limited to the MITNET, SIGNET–D, and Email Infrastructure and focussed on the network’s operational processes. It is important to note that this privacy assessment assessed personal information collected from the employees of the Department to provide access to the employees to the Departmental network infrastructure and its associated tools and programs. The DFAIT Network Infrastructure consists of MITNET, which is the physical layer as well as low level networking protocols; SIGNET–D, which is the operating layer of the network including higher level networking protocols; and finally the Email system.

Publisher

Global Affairs Canada

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2

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2026-07-13