Thank you for your question.
What we can do immediately is ensure that the Department of National Defence, our government and our critical infrastructure are equipped with what we call the latest technologies, AI-driven technologies. That is not the case right now.
Right now there are two large problems. One is that there are not enough cyber professionals in the world. There are more than three million vacant jobs globally, and in Canada there are probably around 200,000. The Department of National Defence and critical infrastructures agencies suffer with that as well.
You have to complement that with machines, with AI, because there are more than 400,000 new malware samples a day. This is proven technology. BlackBerry's, for instance, was developed in 2012. We're in our seventh generation.
That can be implemented. Ensure in the procurement specifications, etc., that we do not include specs that tie us to previous generations of technologies, signature-based technologies. That's number one.
Number two, we have to continually invest in R & D, as was mentioned previously, to ensure that we outpace our rivals. We're already seeing cybercriminals use ChatGPT and others for phishing attacks. We need to ensure that our AI is better than their AI when it comes to defending.
That's something that we can do immediately. Quantum cryptography technologies exist, but some of those issues we need to continually work on. That is an endeavour that's ongoing. I would suggest using the technology that we have now.
Thank you.