Intrusion Detection and Access Control System (IDACS) - Privacy Impact Assessment: Global Affairs Canada - 2023-08-15 (English, HTML)

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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. DFAIT represents Canada world-wide through a global network of embassies, High Commissions, consulates and diplomatic offices. These sites are supported by DFAIT Headquarters (HQ) located in Ottawa, Lester B. Pearson Building, 125 Sussex Drive which is the primary site for the Intrusion Detection and Access Control (IDAC) system’s operation. DFAIT has a total of 11 satellite offices within the National Capital Area (NCA). All of these NCA offices are serviced by the IDAC system at HQ, in one way or another, making it the largest operational IDAC system in DFAIT. DFAIT also has 11 Regional Offices, in every province and territory across Canada, but none were connected to the IDAC system at the time the PIA was completed, therefore these offices were out of scope for the PIA. Specifically, the Halifax Regional Office has since been added to the system and the Moncton and Toronto…

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