Public Safety committee  When we say we need privacy measures in the disclosure of information, it means that in the course of our foreign intelligence or cyber-security operations, we may come across an entity, an IP address, an individual, or a company that is unknown to us. So we need to do research f

Public Safety committee  As I said, the information that's collected.... Actually, it's not collected; it's consulted. It's research information that we use. If that information is germane to foreign intelligence or cyber-security reporting, then we will include a reference to that. But we would mask it.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. I will answer in English as I am more familiar with the vocabulary in that language. I agree with Malcolm regarding the environment that we are working in. We're in a space where there is an increasing cyber-threat surface out there. Hostile state a

Public Safety committee  It's a legally defined mandate.

Public Safety committee  Go ahead.

Public Safety committee  The environment is incredibly complex, as you state. The work that CSE does under its traditional mandates of foreign intelligence and cyber-security allows us to build up a picture of the environment against which an active cyber operation might be delivered. In that sense, an i

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, distinguised members of the committee, As associate chief of the Communications Security Establishment. I want to thank you for the invitation to appear before you, as you continue your study of bill C-59, which sets out the Communications Security Establis