Caroline Xavier, chief of the Communications Security Establishment, poses for a photo at the CSE's visitor centre on June 21, 2023.
'All it takes is one click': Chief cyberspy warns Canadians to protect themselves from online crime | CBC News LoadedIn her first media interview as head of Canada's cyber intelligence agency, Caroline Xavier says Canadians must start with the basics to protect themselves from digital threats.Caroline Xavier, chief of the Communications Security Establishment, says Canadians can do some basic things to boost their cybersecurity.
Even simple steps like keeping software updated and being aware of commonplace scams can help reduce risk across the board, she said. The CSE has compiled aThe Communications Security Establishment is Canada’s cyber-security organization. It intercepts and decodes intelligence, protects Canada from hacking — and can even strike back against cyberattacks. In her first-ever interview as head of the CSE, Caroline Xavier discusses her agency’s efforts to defend Canada.
earlier this year that at one point, a cyber actor "had the potential to cause physical damage" to a piece of critical infrastructure in Canada. Hydro-Québecof a cyberattack on its website in April. Attacks on disparate targets such as Newfoundland and Labrador's health system and the bookseller Indigo have shut down important systems or exposed Canadians' personal information.
People grow frustrated waiting in line for gasoline for more than an hour in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 after the Colonial Pipeline shut down because of a cyberattack on Friday. The pipeline delivers about 45 per cent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast of the U.S. Steve Waterhouse, a cybersecurity expert and information security lecturer at Université de Sherbrooke, told CBC in April that the Hydro-Quebec attack did not seem to be about gaining access or acquiring information — "at least not at this time."In 2019, Canada armed the CSE with the legal ability to strike back against cyberattackers, although such actions require authorization from the minister of defence.
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