Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome and thank you to the witnesses.
I have a few questions for you, Mr. Goode.
I have here a La Presse article that discusses the overall issue of cyber-attacks and related fears. Author Richard Hétu states that, as soon as it was revealed that Russia was preparing to invade Ukraine, the threat of mounting Russian cyber-attacks loomed. According to him, many of Ukraine's banks and government departments were the target of denial-of-service attacks in the hours leading up to the arrival of Russian troops in the Donbass. Experts also detected malware on hundreds of computers in Ukraine.
Russia's capacity to shut down entire systems, including the Internet, is very worrisome.
The author goes on to say that, in the fog of war, it can be difficult to know what is really going on, even more so in cyberspace.
As we all know, the cyber threat landscape is rapidly evolving and Russia appears to be a fierce adversary. Even if we have strong defence capability, Russia could still hack into our networks.
In your view, how do we properly defend ourselves or protect our cyberspace against an adversary like Russia?