The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has released its National Cyber Threat Assessment 2020. This public report, based on both classified and unclassified sources, identifies current trends in the cyber threat environment, the likelihood that these cyber threats will occur, and how Canadians could be affected. The full release is available online. Call 613-904-3333.
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) released its first unclassified, public Annual Report. This past year has been a notable one for CSE, highlighted by the CSE Act coming into effect, setting out CSE’s lead role as the national authority for foreign intelligence and as the national technical authority for cyber security and information assurance. The CSE Act also reinforced the … Read more
National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) and Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) welcomed the Communications Security Establishment’s 2019 Update: Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process report and thanked them for their work. This threat assessment follows the government’s recently announced measures to safeguard Canada’s 2019 general election. The assessment provides an update to the … Read more
The Cyber Centre released Canada’s first National Cyber Threat Assessment. This first public report from the Cyber Centre examines the cyber threats facing Canadian citizens, Canadian businesses and Canada’s critical infrastructure. The full release is available online. Call 613-991-7248.
National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) announced the official launch of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre), Canada’s national authority on cyber security and cyber threat responses. Cyber security experts from CSE, Public Safety and Shared Services will join together to form the foundation of the Cyber Centre. The full release … Read more
As part of Cyber Security Awareness Month, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment, has released Assemblyline, one of its own cyber defence tools, as open source software. Assemblyline is a platform for analyzing malicious files that was developed by CSE’s Cyber Defence team. The platform is used to detect, analyse and triage malicious electronic files, and is designed to assist … Read more
National Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) issued a statement: “Today, the Annual Report for 2014-2015 of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Plouffe was tabled in the House of Commons,” said Sajjan. “The Commissioner provided eight recommendations to improve the way CSE operates. I have met with Mr. Plouffe, and … Read more
