Status report on transformational and major Crown projects – Government of Canada Secret Infrastructure Expansion

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Project name	Government of Canada Secret Infrastructure (GCSI) Expansion
Description	The GCSI project’s duration is six years with the first 18 months devoted to planning activities. The estimated expanded sites and additional capabilities include adding 2000 users, 900 endpoints, 60 sites across the Government of Canada (GC) and 60 secure meeting rooms with voice and video conferencing up to SECRET. In addition to expanding new sites, new capabilities include high availability, low-to-high notifications and 24/7 support.
Project outcomes	The project aims to achieve the following business outcomes: GC will have easy access to communicate securely using enterprise secure communications services, minimizing the need to use unmanaged legacy networks and unsecure means GC workers will have access to real-time classified (SECRET) communication tools to support operational needs including during times of crisis GC will be able to host classified (SECRET) mission-critical services that must be always available Deliver an infrastructure system that can resist a data center level disaster
Industrial benefits	Adding 2000 users, 900 endpoints, 60 sites across the GC 60 secure meeting rooms with voice and video conferencing up to SECRET High availability and disaster recovery Low-to-high data transfers and High to Low notifications 24/7 enterprise support and Security monitoring
Sponsoring department	Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Contracting authority	Shared Services Canada
Participating departments	Communications Security Establishment Shared Services Canada Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Prime contractor	N/A
Major subcontractors	N/A
Project phase	Phase 3 - planning
Major milestones	Phase 1 – Idea Generation – March 2018 Phase 2 – Initiation – December 2018 Phase 3 – Planning – September 2020 Phase 4 – Operational Readiness – March 2023 Phase 5 – Deployment – December 2023 Phase 6 – Closeout – March 2024
Progress report and explanation of variances	The GCSI Expansion is achieving defined performance objectives The GCSI Expansion is running on budget The GCSI Expansion Gate 3 is to be completed by June 2020 as planned

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Date modified:: 2023-10-31