Canada's National Security Policy

Responding to the changing global security environment, in April 2004 the Government of Canada released a national strategy aimed at enhancing our nation's security. The strategy, entitled Securing an Open Society: Canada's National Security Policy, focuses on protecting our nation and its citizens, ensuring Canada is not a base for threats to our allies, and contributing to international security.

In support of these objectives, CSEC works closely with Canada's other security and intelligence organizations to:

provide foreign intelligence to the Government of Canada according to Cabinet-approved priorities
strengthen Canada's capacity for secure communications
protect its vital electronic information and information systems

CSEC and the National Security Policy - Accomplishments

In April 2005, the Government of Canada released a progress report on the implementation of the National Security Policy. The report highlighted a number of CSEC's accomplishments. Among them, it noted that CSEC had:

Enhanced its security intelligence collection and assessment capabilities significantly
Expanded counter-terrorism operations
Hired additional employees to support increased security intelligence operations
Enhanced its predictive and preventative analysis capabilities to better secure the systems of greatest importance to the Government of Canada
Increased collaboration within government and with international and industry partners
Contributed to establishing a secure inter-departmental communications network