Canada Communications Security Establishment

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The Canada Communications Security Establishment is Canada’s national signals intelligence and cybersecurity agency, responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, protecting government electronic information and infrastructure, and supporting federal law enforcement and defense operations.

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instanceOf cybersecurity agency
government agency
signals intelligence agency
abbreviation CSE
CST
collaboratesWith Canadian forces
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
cooperatesWith Australian Signals Directorate
Government Communications Headquarters
Government Communications Security Bureau
National Security Agency
country Canada
employs computer scientists
cryptanalysts
engineers
focusesOn foreign communications and electronic emissions
protection of critical infrastructure from cyber threats
formerName Canada Communications Security Establishment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communications Security Establishment Canada
foundedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
hasDivision Canada Communications Security Establishment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
headquartersLocation Ottawa
surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
jurisdiction Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
legalMandate Communications Security Establishment Act
National Defence Act
memberOf Five Eyes alliance
surface form: Five Eyes
nativeName Canada Communications Security Establishment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communications Security Establishment
oversightBy Intelligence Commissioner of Canada
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency
parentOrganization Department of National Defence
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
responsibility computer network defense
computer network exploitation
cybersecurity
foreign intelligence gathering
information assurance
protection of government electronic information
protection of government information infrastructure
signals intelligence
support to Canadian Armed Forces operations
support to federal law enforcement
technical and operational assistance to security agencies
sector information technology security
intelligence
national security
subjectTo Constitution Act, 1982
surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Privacy Act (Canada)

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Five Eyes alliance hasKeyAgency Canada Communications Security Establishment
subject surface form: Five Eyes
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Five Eyes alliance memberCountryAgency Canada Communications Security Establishment
subject surface form: Five Eyes
National Security Agency sharesSignalsIntelligenceWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
FVEY includesAgency Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Australian Signals Directorate cooperatesWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Canada Communications Security Establishment nativeName Canada Communications Security Establishment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Canada Communications Security Establishment formerName Canada Communications Security Establishment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment Canada
Canada Communications Security Establishment hasDivision Canada Communications Security Establishment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
UKUSA Agreement relatedOrganization Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Government Communications Security Bureau cooperatesWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
ECHELON reportedCollectionPartners Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
2013 global surveillance disclosures involvedAgency Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Bill C-51 (anti-terrorism legislation) expandsPowersOf Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Canadian Forces Intelligence Command cooperatesWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
CSE fullName Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
CSE formerName Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment Canada
CSE alsoKnownAs Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment Canada
CST formerName Canada Communications Security Establishment
subject surface form: Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment Canada
CST renamed Canada Communications Security Establishment
subject surface form: Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Communications Security Establishment Act appliesTo Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Communications Security Establishment Act relatedTo Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Intelligence Commissioner of Canada oversightOf Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency oversightOf Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
Canadian Security Intelligence Service cooperatesWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians canReview Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
GCSB cooperatesWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Communications Security Establishment
United States intelligence community in signals intelligence cooperatesWith Canada Communications Security Establishment
this entity surface form: Canadian signals intelligence community