Vanguard Magazine

24 DECEMBER 2019/JANUARY 2020 www.vanguardcanada.com CYBER defence, initiatives will support day-to-day defence operations and mission activities – land, air, sea, cyber and space – leveraging cyber defence capabilities and concurrent- ly providing comprehensive cyber security operations to protect these environments and assets. Cyber security will go beyond preven- tion, detection, response and recovery, forming network assurance ensuring ar- chitectures, systems, equipment and in- formation all designed to specific security standards. Protecting against threat sce- narios – destruction, disruption, modi- fication, loss/theft, reconnaissance and surveillance – procedures, controls and safeguards will secure support operations, intelligence and mission activities, even in deployable environments. Having a finer focus on overall mission assurance, cyber defence will be integrated into planning and operational activities to help achieve mission objectives, some by sensing and detecting current states, ori- entation of operational responses and the engagement of adversaries. Contributing to mission success measures, cyber defence will also improve precision with the goal of limiting collateral and grave damage. Strengthening Canada's National Security Framework Substantial and transformative, Strong, Secured, Engaged fundamentally directs how long-term investments in cyber ca- pabilities, in and across its initiatives and themes, will collectively enhance the cur- rent domains in support of DND and CAF's strategic objectives and how it will scale to future needs. Having received royal assent this past summer, Bill C-59 has reshaped Cana- da's national security oversight, powers and functions, making some of the DND and CAF's cyber capabilities immutable through legislation. Emboldened by Bill C-59, many cyber domain capabilities will be embedded in functional, organizational and depart- mental levels as long-term investments that will enhance capability and capacity, strengthen the cyber workforce and define the defence vision. Strong, Secure, Engaged … and Delivering To deliver to the many interdependent and intersecting cyber and cryptographic projects under Strong, Secured, Engaged, all DND and CAF support areas are in collaboration, as overall success hinges on precisely met requirements and the planned implementation of crucially timed activities. Especially aligned are the Director Gen- eral (DG) Cyber and Assistant Deputy Minister for Information Management (ADM(IM)), who also in close consulta- tion with the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) and Chief of Defence Intel- ligence (CDI) to ensure successful coordi- nation of all projects. DG Cyber is leading core cyber proj- ects – such as Cyber Force Development, Cyber Reserve Forces, Cyber Mission As- surance, Joint Communication and Infor- mation Systems and Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Infor- mation (C4I) – and ADM(IM) is particu- larly focused on cryptographic projects, such as the Cryptographic Modernization Program (CMP). Investments in Cyber to Enhance Capability and Capacity A solid focal point for review, the Cryp- tographic Modernization Program (CMP) is an omnibus of sub-projects improving cryptographic, information and opera- tions capabilities through asset hardening, cyber threat identification and situational awareness and response. Sponsored by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), the CMP will meet internal func- tional objectives and mandatory interoper- ability with FVEY programs, such as the United States' cryptographic replacement and modernization program. The CMP sub-projects, some already delivered or others slated between now and 2024, represent the complete replace- ment of obsolete cryptographic systems for secure voice telecommunications, link encryption, network encryption, combat identification ('Friend or Foe'), secure radio and supporting cryptographic infra- structure. Other new encryption programs and projects are also being initiated to ad- dress emerging threats. In a more detailed look at the CMP, the Advanced Cryptographic Capabilities Proj- ect (ACCP), currently in options analysis, will secure and defend the DND and CAF's cyber domain from known technologies and others yet to be assessed in terms of With the lateral integra- tion of the cyber domain and its peripheral supports across military operations, electronic assets will con- tinue to be an attractive target for potential adver- saries, state proxies and non-state actors.

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