International bilateral security instruments
Learn about bilateral security instruments and how they help Canadian suppliers bid on contracts abroad
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- Overview of International bilateral security instruments
- Multinational Industrial Security Working Group
Overview of International bilateral security instruments
The Government of Canada works with foreign governments to protect sensitive information through bilateral security instruments. These formal agreements made between Canada and other countries establish a shared security protocol for handling classified or protected information.
International bilateral security instruments are agreements that facilitate business opportunities in sectors such as:
- defence
- security
- aerospace
- maritime
- nuclear
- space
Public Services and Procurement Canada’s (PSPC) Industrial Security Sector has negotiated bilateral security instruments with other countries and international organizations for more than 7 decades.
Multinational Industrial Security Working Group
Canada is part of the Multinational Industrial Security Working Group (MISWG) that consists of NSAs, DSAs and their representatives who are responsible for industrial security in their country. The MISWG mission is to:
- promote, improve and harmonize common international industrial security best practices
- safeguard classified and certain other forms of government-controlled information in order to confront current and emerging security threats and challenges within its scope
Adoption of common templates and exchange procedures facilitate the implementation and operation of international programs and projects among the MISWG membership.
This international working group consists of:
- all NATO countries (except Iceland)
- Australia
- Austria
- Israel
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Switzerland
- European Commission (observer)
- European Defence Agency (observer)
- ESA (observer)
- NATO Office of Security (observer)
- Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) (observer)