Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Security Incident

Alternate format : Communications Security Establishment Annual Report 2021-2022 (PDF,21.58MB) Communications Security Establishment Ottawa, ONK1J8K6 ISSN: 2564-047X Cat: D95-11E-PDF Table of contents About this report Foreword from the Minister of National Defence Message from the Chief and Associate Chief Russias invasion of Ukraine Attributions Foreign signals intelligence Foreign cyber operations Communications security (COMSEC) Cyber security: federal institutions Cyber security: critical infrastructure Building Canadas digital resilience Innovation Accountability Inspired workforce CSEs 75th anniversary CSE at a glance Endnotes About this report The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canadas foreign signals intelligence agency, and technical authority for cyber security and information assurance. CSE includes the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), which is the federal governments operational lead for cyber security. CSEs mandate is detailed in the CSE Act and has 5 parts: foreign signals intelligence cyber security active cyber operations defensive cyber operations technical and operational assistance to federal partners This report is an unclassified summary of CSEs activities from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Unless otherwise noted, this year refers to the fiscal year, not the calendar year. Top of page Foreword from the Minister of National Defence Events around the world this year have underlined just how important the Communications Security Establishments (CSEs) mandate is. Global powers are behaving in increasingly hostile and irresponsible ways, including in cyber space. As we have seen with Russias egregious invasion of Ukraine, the two often go hand in hand. Foreign actors are promoting false narratives to obscure the truth, sow division and justify the unjustifiable. To chart these murky waters, the Government of Canada needs solid facts about our adversaries actions, plans, and capabilities. CSEs foreign signals...

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