Media briefing by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on cybercrime in Canada

Ottawa, Ontario – August 25, 2023 — Media representatives are invited to a briefing by senior officials from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), a part of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to discuss a new Baseline Cyber Threat Assessment on Cybercrime.

 This on the record briefing will be provided by:

• Sami Khoury, Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
• Rajiv Gupta, Deputy Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
• Chris Lynam, Director General of the National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NC3) and Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, RCMP
• Carl Montreuil, Acting Director General for Federal Policing Cyber, RCMP

Date: August 28, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location: Zoom

Journalists may request an embargoed copy of the Baseline Cyber Threat Assessment: Cybercrime report from the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Media Relations Office. All information will be embargoed until 10:00 am on August 28, 2023.

Journalists who wish to participate may contact CSE Media Relations for call-in details.