Chair, this is a bit of a wide-ranging area of responsibility that includes our colleagues at Communications Security Establishment. Certainly I would say we are in good hands. Cybersecurity is taken very seriously. Our colleagues at Communications Security Establishment have the overall lead for cybersecurity of government systems.
National Defence also has a responsibility to defend and protect its own secure networks. A robust program is in place for that. As you might be aware, the CSE Act gives CSE fairly wide-ranging responsibility, including to conduct offensive cyber-operations under certain conditions. Consistent with the Canadian defence policy “Strong, Secure, Engaged", the Canadian Armed Forces have the authority and responsibility to develop our own capabilities for offensive cyber-operations as well.