An exclusive interview with John Forster, head of cybersecurity in Canada, on sharing intelligence through ‘5 Eyes’ and why Canada protects its citizens not only from cyber threats but also from the security services themselves.
Like every country in the world, Canada takes its online security seriously, yet the Canadians have not one but two primary concerns. One is to protect its own government and infrastructures – like many nations. Equal to that concern is the determination to protect not only Canada’s citizens but also their privacy.
It could be argued that respecting the private citizen’s privacy too much will simply hamper security services operating in the cloud and through social media to detect national threats. To the Canadians this is a price worth paying and, in a post-Snowden world, it is a view more countries may come to consider.
Original article: John Forster Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Global Government Forum
Like every country in the world, Canada takes its online security seriously, yet the Canadians have not one but two primary concerns. One is to protect its own government and infrastructures – like many nations. Equal to that concern is the determination to protect not only Canada’s citizens but also their privacy.
It could be argued that respecting the private citizen’s privacy too much will simply hamper security services operating in the cloud and through social media to detect national threats. To the Canadians this is a price worth paying and, in a post-Snowden world, it is a view more countries may come to consider.
Original article: John Forster Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Global Government Forum
