Communications Security Establishment
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Canadian COVID-19 research faces ‘elevated’ foreign threat of hacking, spy agencies warnCanada’s research on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is a 'valuable target' for foreign hackers, say intelligence agenciesHealthMay 15, 2020
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Canada, allies prepared to ‘impose costs’ on cyberattackers, advisers tell TrudeauThe note, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, was included in materials to help prepare Trudeau for his second mandate following the Liberal victory in the October election.CanadaJan 23, 2020
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Canadians warned ‘troll farms’ could influence online debate before federal election: reportThe centre says these online actors create social media accounts or hijack existing profiles, and even set up "troll farms" of employees paid to comment on traditional media websitesCanadaDec 6, 2018
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‘The need to be more vigilant is there’ as 2019 election approaches: CSEOne of the government's top experts on cybersecurity confirms his department is gearing up for possible cyberattacks and incursions during the 2019 election, but they're not focused on one particular country.CanadaMar 25, 2018
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Canada’s cyberspy agency defends proposed new powers to go on offensiveA December report by leading Canadian cybersecurity researchers said there is no clear rationale for expanding the CSE's mandate to conduct offensive operations.CanadaFeb 13, 2018
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Here’s what you need to know about Canada’s ‘extraordinarily permissive’ new spying lawsThe Liberal government's updated national security legislation grants new powers to the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). Here's what's being proposed, and what isn't.CanadaFeb 6, 2018
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Should Canadian security agency be able to launch cyber attacks? Contentious new powers debatedCanada must develop the capabilities to actively defend its interests around the world from cyber attacks or risk being left in the dust.CanadaJan 30, 2018
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Most Canadians don’t really know much about Canada’s cyberspy agencyThe 70-year-old cyberspy agency is now trying to emerge from the shadows, but a newly released survey suggests it is still little known to Canadians.CanadaNov 8, 2017
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Nothing unCanadian about protecting ourselves, even if that means waging cyberwarIntercepting and decoding foreign transmissions is nothing new; that kind of warfare is as old as the telegraph or even simple handwritten messages.CommentaryJun 21, 2017
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Canadian security agency will soon be able to launch cyber attacks against terroristsAmong the new powers being granted to the Communications Security Establishment is the ability to launch cyber attacks. But who would they target? And why?PoliticsJun 20, 2017
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