Thank you, Ron.
In terms of external access, the StatsCan network is well protected behind firewalls. People from outside who are trying to access StatsCan have to breach the firewall. We do have protective mechanisms and detective mechanisms. Also, there is a layer of defence that we have employed for StatsCan wherein the servers that hold the particular information are not exposed to these firewalls, so there are multiple layers of defence before somebody can access the servers. That takes care of the external entities.
From the internal entity side, as our president has mentioned, we have people who are cleared to the secret level. We have taken an oath as per the Stats Canada act, and we have additional technical controls through the systems in place for identity management to ensure access controls for individuals who need access. Then if they do breach the protocols, there are some detection mechanisms in place so that we can take action.
In terms of the other departments, again, StatsCan has firewalls and layers of defence in place so that other departmental networks can't easily access the StatsCan environment.