As mentioned in my opening remarks, CSE holds multiple mandates within one agency, one being the foreign intelligence collection that we do, to be able to ensure that decision-makers have the information they require to make decisions. That is something we've been doing for almost 80 years. The other part of our mandate is the cybersecurity or cyber-defence part of our mandate, and one other part of our mandate is the foreign cyber-operations mandate. Having all those elements within one agency really helps us to ensure that what we learn from foreign intelligence data collection can be used in the defence of Canada and vice versa. All the billions of incidents that we protect against in the defence of Canada allow us to learn about threat actors who maybe have potential interests in Canada. That then feeds what we can do on the foreign intelligence part of the mandate. In addition to that, in foreign cyber-operations, we're able to take actions in cyberspace, in the foreign cyberspace, to ensure that we continue to protect Canada.
We operate under cabinet-approved intelligence priorities that are reviewed on a regular basis. As it is now, our mandate includes protecting Canada's critical infrastructure and democratic institutions. Whether they are nation states or cybercriminals, that is part of the mandate that we operate on a regular basis, 24-7, 365 days a year. We remain committed to being able to ensure that we do our jobs effectively. I am pleased and proud of the fact that we lead an organization that puts out world-class cyber-defence. The work that we do together with our partners both at Treasury Board and SSC allows us to continue to protect Government of Canada systems.