National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The money in the supps (B)...we've requested approximately $9 million this year for work on Canada's top secret network. CSE manages the top secret network on behalf of the Government of Canada. It is a network used by approximately 20 agencies that are in

National Defence committee  It has no direct relationship.

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. For the first part, on the budget increase, the CSEC's budget continues to increase related to increased resources, particularly in the area of cyber-defence. So as the government implements its cyber-strategy over several years, we are building our c

National Defence committee  The crypto modernization program is a project that we're managing and delivering. We're working very closely with the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. It's a 20-year project begun in 2005, and it's really about how we modernize the communications and

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. Last November the Communications Security Establishment was made a stand-alone agency. It was formerly part of the Department of National Defence. The amount of $10 million in these supplementary estimates (B) is a completion of the transfe