Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report
The Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report is a compilation of summaries of publicly available emergency management information concerning critical infrastructure.
A summary of feedback results is now available.
News | Cyber tracking | Relevant links | Note to readers
DIR10-141 - July 23, 2010
News
Deal reached to reopen strikebound Port of Montreal
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR10-139, on July 23, the Montreal Gazette reported that the Port of Montreal is expected to resume operations the morning of July 24 following an agreement reached late on July 21. Although union members still need to vote on a tentative agreement on July 23, Daniel Tremblay, president of the Longshoremen’s Union, indicated that the vote would most likely pass and work would resume on July 24. While negotiations with mediators will likely resume on July 26, a successful vote would reinstate dock workers recently removed from the revenue guarantee program and sets the deadline to negotiate a new collective agreement for October 2010. Activity at the port is expected to be busier than usual as boats rerouted to Halifax now make their way to Montreal. Port activity is expected to return to normal within a week.
Source article – Montréal Gazette – July 23, 2010
Source article – La Presse – July 23, 2010
Storm causes flooding in North Battleford, Saskatchewan
On July 23, media reported that a state of local emergency was declared in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, after a severe storm caused flooding in the community. Nearly 50 millimetres of rain fell in less than an hour. CBC reported that officials confirmed that 97 homes were flooded, most of them east of downtown. Power outages were also reported.
Source article – Regina Leader-Post, July 23, 2010
Source article – CBC News, July 23, 2010
Oil companies join forces
Four major oil companies (ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell) agreed to contribute $1 billion to a joint fund for the development of a new response system to contain potential oil spills similar to the recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The system will be built for use in depths up to 3,000 metres and have the capacity to contain up to 100,000 barrels a day. Since Chevron and ExxonMobil are shareholders in the Hibernia oil field, this system could improve their response in the event of a potential oil spill off Newfoundland.
Source article – Radio-Canada, July 22, 2010
Source article – Associated Press, July 22, 2010
Microsoft issues automated workaround for critical Windows vulnerability
On July 21, The Register reported that Microsoft has published an automated workaround for the newly discovered Windows vulnerability. Microsoft warns that the workaround disables icons from being displayed as usual and recommends administrators carefully test the fix before deploying it widely. The attacks seen to date have been highly targeted; however, security watchers warn they could become widespread. Microsoft's next patch release isn't scheduled until August 10, but officials haven't ruled out issuing an emergency fix before this date.
Source article – The Register, July 21, 2010
Source article – Microsoft, July 20, 2010
Cyber tracking
CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 24 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.
CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.
Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC is currently tracking the following computer-based threats and vulnerabilities for relevant impact on Canadian critical infrastructure. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to monitor and apply appropriate security precautions.
Relevant links
Below are links to sites related to Canada’s critical infrastructure.
- Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Health Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health Canada
- Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization
- Travel Health Notices
Public Health Agency of Canada
- Transportation - Safety
Transport Canada
- Travel Reports and Warnings
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- Weather warnings for Canada
Environment Canada
- Earthquakes
Earthquakes Canada
- Hurricanes
Canadian Hurricane Centre
- Hurricanes
U.S. National Hurricane Center
- News Releases
Infrastructure Canada
-
Note to readers
Public Safety Canada collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and events concerning, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows Public Safety Canada to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.
Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of users. The Government of Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Government of Canada does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Public Safety Canada respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring that information products are available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that some links direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written.