Liberals on collision course to entrench anti-Blackness
OTTAWA—Do the Liberals choose their cabinet through varying degrees of anti-Blackness, or is that just a bonus they throw in? Given that the Toronto Police Service recently gave an apology for their systemic anti-Black racism, reporters should be asking Bill Blair what his contribution to the cause was. Nevertheless, Blair is not in my crosshairs […]
New cyber strategy must tackle chronic talent shortage
Last December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on four senior cabinet ministers to develop a new national cyber security strategy as a part of their public safety, innovation, foreign affairs, and defence mandates. It was welcome news, because both the frequency and severity of the cyber threats facing this country have increased drastically since the […]
Digital payments innovation offers blueprint for scaling up Canadian cyber defence
Cyber is the most important security and defence landscape of our time, whether you are a national or local government, a multinational corporation or small business, a public figure or private citizen. As digital technologies evolve to make our work and lives more seamless and convenient, the risk of cybercrime expands in tandem. This is […]
Escalating Russian cyber attacks could risk widening the war in Ukraine
Cyber attacks by Russia could risk widening the war in Europe as numerous incidents of malware designed to erase hard drives of infected computers, delete data, and wipe programs are being reported. The European Union, United Kingdom, and the United States recently announced Russia was behind a series of cyber attacks in Central Europe on […]
On cybersecurity, we must truly work together
Canada is under an unprecedented cyber siege and without immediate action, our standard of living and economic future is in jeopardy. The evidence is in the headlines. The escalating cyber risk from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The recent multi-day disruption at Global Affairs Canada from a cyberattack. The complete shutdown of an entire provincial […]
Is Canada prepared for advanced cyberattacks?
Escalating tensions from the Ukrainian-Russian war have exponentially increased the risk of cyberattacks on Canadians and their western allies, leaving critical infrastructure and business assets as targets. A post-mortem of the incident in February 2022 on the Global Affairs network revealed Russia was behind the cyberattack resulting in the federal government issuing warnings to Canadian […]
Canada is not immune to cyberattacks
One of the surprises of the war in Ukraine is how small a role cyberattacks have played both in Russia’s actions within Ukraine and against those supporting Ukraine. There had been widespread predictions that this would be the first war in which cyberattacks would play as large a role as kinetic attacks. Russia does continue […]
Feds pledge to add more than $8-billion for defence, announce review of defence policy in new budget
With an eye to Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine, the federal government is proposing adding more than $8-billion to the military budget and to conduct a review of its defence policy in its budget tabled on April 7. With foreign policy taking a backseat for the government as it has dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Russia-Ukraine conflict amplifies the need to protect Canada’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks
The health and livelihood of Canadians depend on the uninterrupted functioning of our critical infrastructure systems such as energy, water, and transportation. We have long thought of infrastructure as physical assets, but increasingly they are also digital ones—and they come with a whole new set of cybersecurity risks. In 2020, the Canadian Centre for Cyber […]
Canada’s bold AI strategy has been a success—let’s double down
The upcoming federal budget provides an opportunity not only to identify future priorities, but also to reflect on past decisions, strategies, and investments. Although our collective impulse may be to focus on what’s new, the secret to sustaining success is often found in building on what’s already been done—and done right. In 2017, the federal […]
