The Canadian government has quietly designated Ukraine and Latvia’s networks as “systems of importance,” extending the services of its cyber intelligence agency to cover the two eastern European countries.
According to the Communications Security Establishment’s annual report, Defence Minister Anita Anand signed two ministerial orders last year to bring the electronic information and network systems of Ukraine and Latvia under Canada’s defence umbrella.
The orders were signed on March 17, 2022, less than a month after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
CSE, Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency, confirms this is the first time a minister has used their powers under the CSE Act to designate entities outside
