Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  Yes, seconded. If I may, I would like to answer his question as well. The U.S. finance sector is well defended, but it's not just about making an investment of money and technology; it's also about how empowered the people are. If the security operations centre at a major finan

Public Safety committee  Yes, certainly the RCMP has significant technical capabilities to investigate those crimes on its own. FireEye supports a variety of investigations in Canada at a technical level. I can't speak to Canada, per se, but in the States it's very important that victimized companies fe

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I think the mechanisms in the treaty allow for appropriate joint policy responses by the NATO members. I think a bigger issue is who is going to call for such a response and under what circumstances. I think, at least in the States, you're always waiting for a cyber Pe

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I think that if you were constrained to only conduct such a conflict by cyber means, that might be a reasonable interpretation. However, while there are significant risks, responses to cyber-attacks obviously don't have to be limited to that domain. I would defer to my

Public Safety committee  I find that hard as well, because I think part of the issue is that many of the most advanced groups use legitimate credentials. If you're the president of the bank, they trick you into getting your credentials, and there is no strictly malicious behaviour; they're just abusing y

Public Safety committee  I have a few brief suggestions, if I may.

Public Safety committee  I have a somewhat different outlook in this from my colleague. In no particular order, things that could be tried that would improve Canada's cybersecurity is to put a greater emphasis on diplomacy. The solution to every conflict in cyberspace doesn't have to be the threat of mi

Public Safety committee  Sure.

Public Safety committee  Certainly, yes. You can hire services very similar to how you can buy anything else online. That's how those markets are designed, particularly for criminals.

Public Safety committee  Most of the large social media companies make significant investments, particularly now, in security and are doing their best, I think, to root those out. I can't speak on their behalf, but many of them do make significant investments. It's just also an enormous task for even a v

Public Safety committee  I'd like a few comments, if I may, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  I want to emphasize my colleague's point that it's helpful to tolerate some risk, particularly at the university level and younger, in terms of allowing people to explore computer security—professional researchers as well—without criminalizing their activity, if there's no malici

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely. Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. The good news and bad news is that because cyber-policy is still so nascent, and your allies are still grasping at something that will actually work, Canada has a de facto opportunity to be a leader in this field by finding