We are part of the Department of Defence and we report to that minister. We report to the minister, but we are a separate agency under Defence. I almost slipped back seven years there for a second.
With “cyber defence” we're really talking about when we're actively doing something to prevent a cybersecurity incident. We're taking a block. We are the cyber defenders of the Government of Canada. We take over two billion actions a day, over and above those that are available commercially to protect the Government of Canada. We have a cyber defence part of our program.
“Cybersecurity” is the broader term that we use. That's also about the proactive measures. Rather than just taking action at the point of compromise, it's building those defences and building it to be secure from the start. It's security by design. That's really, in my mind, where we differentiate cybersecurity from cyber defence. Cyber defence really is about that action you take to protect.
In terms of our work with the Department of Defence, obviously they are responsible for the defence of their systems. They're the experts on military equipment, but we do provide a number of services. One would be cartography and the encryption systems that they use to protect all Canadian forces operations. That's a 70-year partnership where we've worked with them on those types of things. We certainly work with defence on any exercise planning.
We would also do that with any other organization to say how we respond to any cybersecurity incidents. We really look for opportunities to raise that bar proactively. We would do that as part of our mandate.