The man in charge of protecting Canadians from malicious hackers says it is vital for Canada and the United States to keep working closely together on cybersecurity.
Sami Khoury, the head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, was in D.C. this week for an international cybersecurity summit and meetings with U.S. counterparts.
Khoury says the only thing that keeps him up at night is the risk of the Cyber Centre's alerts and advice being disregarded, due to cost or apathy. "They're small, they're medium, but they play an important role in society, and it's important they take cybersecurity seriously," Khoury said. He sat on two panels that were of specific interest to Canada: confronting threats to global supply chains and the growing role of international collaboration when it comes to defending against them.
"It's in our collective interests, both on the U.S. side and on the Canadian side, that we line up our cybersecurity effort, so that we are on message when we assess the threat," he said. One compelling example of that threat came in May, when agencies from across the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, including the Cyber Centre, issued a dramatic warning about state-sponsored hackers from China targeting a critical piece of U.S. infrastructure.
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