The four categories are as following: domain awareness, which goes to surveillance and awareness, responsiveness, which is the ability to intercept and apprehend, safeguarding, which is to deny access into Canada and to the marine transportation system, and collaboration, which is the coordination of activities and information sharing.
Voici: l'amélioration de la connaissance du domaine maritime, soit la surveillance et la sensibilisation; la capacité de réaction, soit la capacité d'intercepter et d'appréhender; la protection, soit le fait de refuser l'accès au Canada et au système de transport maritime; la collaboration, soit la coordination des activités et le partage de l'information.