In my opening statement, I made it very clear that these were very serious security incidents. They were a violation of the duty of loyalty that all of our scientists strive to uphold every day. We take them very seriously indeed.
The protections that are in place to protect national security information and privacy information meant that they could not be fully disclosed in the public domain without appropriate protections, which have been provided by the ad hoc committee and the panel of arbiters. We're very pleased to be here today to discuss them.
I would say that foreign interference, as my Canadian security intelligence colleagues have said at this committee, is a very serious threat. It's a threat to our scientific research, public health capabilities and ability to respond to future threats. That's the reason we have put in place so many different measures across the different domains of security: personnel security, cybersecurity and physical security.
We take this very seriously. This duty of care is one that we are now maintaining and enhancing on an ongoing basis. This is not a static, one-time response. We have processes in place to periodically review all of our policies and procedures, to report incidents and to take actions to address them. I can assure you that we take these duties very seriously indeed.