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and in its collaborative efforts in the Five-
Eyes (FVEY) community.
In our April/May 2019 issue, we high-
lighted the cyber domain priorities in
Strong, Secure, Engaged, hinting at how
Canada's military will rely on technology
for cyber security operations and cyber de-
fence across the CAF. Over two years after
the policy was published, now is an ideal
time to take a more fulsome look at how
cyber capabilities will defend and secure
Canada in the future defence climate and
the progress of these initiatives.
Cyber Squared: The Power of
Cyber Security and Cyber
Defence
Canadian security powers have broadened
with recent legislation, and so will the
use of technology in defending national
interests and in collaborating with the
FVEY community to counter and defeat
adversarial threats. Already woven into
the CAF's functional units, platforms,
systems, personnel and equipment, the
cyber domain will be increasingly relied
upon in what will be an extraordinarily
advanced defence environment.
Extending to partner interoperability in
cooperative missions and in the exchange
of intelligence, the requirements of the new
cyber domain are redefining the military's
existing concepts of scalability and agility,
requiring resources to meet unparalleled
levels of technological training and skills.
What has set Strong, Secure, Engaged
apart from other defence policies are capa-
bilities that cross multiple functional areas
with a focus on defence maturity. Draw-
ing a line between cyber security and cyber
