A big ol' whopping $2.7 million for ISS end-user devices for the integrated soldier system.

Coincidentally, I am writing a paper about the integrated soldier system and cyber. So let's take a look together!

#cdnnatsec #canmiltwitter #cdnpoli
So what is the Integrated Soldier System (ISS)?

In modern warfare, when the military tries to connect everything to everything, the ISS is the military's (notably the Canadian Army) to turn soldiers into walking sensors.

But what does this mean?

canada.ca/en/department-…
Remember the game of telephone? Where a message moves along and changes little by little until, at the very end, the message is completely different.

Now imagine a similar game of telephone when soldiers attempt to communicate intelligence to an aircraft or artillery.
A key part of the ISS is sensors-to-shooters, whereby you decrease the risk of miscommunication by reducing the need to be repeated.

In essence, soldiers on the ground are able to transmit targeting data directly to the "shooter." Said shooter being plane, artillery, etc
This is about improving command and control at scale. Functionally, it removes some risk of miscommunication due to limiting the times it must be repeated.

However, this introduces new risks. Bad operational security, cyber threats, out of date doctrine & training, are some
How do these things affect the Canadian Armed Forces and what should the Canadian Army in particular?

Stay tuned in 2023 for the article! Beyond providing connectivity to soldiers, digitally transforming begins with capabilities but starts with doctrine.

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Nov 21, 2022
Recently the MIT Tech Review released their global cyber defense ratings, which ranked Canada as the 5th top country contributing to cyber defense.

I am here to tell you and explain how this is completely false.

#cdnpoli #cdnnatsec #cyberdefense #CDNdigital Image
Canada deserves a good score because of its private sector, but the federal government's policies and direction of cyber defense is ad hoc, shallow, and broadly lacks coherent direction or recognition of cyberspace as a threat environment.
There is a lot to discuss, but I'll focus on cloud networking.

On paper there is a lot of good that Canada has planned, it is working towards a classified defense cloud network in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), but last I heard the estimate for delivery/completion is 2030.
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Sep 6, 2022
Inspired by @RCRBuck and my recent discussion with @DavePerryCGAI and @CAGlobalAffairs, I want to take a moment to talk about:

Burden sharing and the cyber components to NORAD modernization (re: Joint All Domain Command and Control [JADC2]) #canmiltwitter
So what is JADC2? You'll often hear it described like it is a single capability or strategy, but in reality, even the United States is trying to figure out the specifics of it.

The best way of understanding JADC2 is that it is about connecting everyone and everything.
Connecting all sensors is A LOT of data. Not only do you need to bring all that data together, you need a way to process all of it and get information to commanders in a timely fashion.

Easier said than done when you have a massive mix of tech that was made to not work together.
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Jul 20, 2022
In my new article I talk about a pernicious security culture that deprioritizes cyber defense in Canada. What do I mean by this?

I mean when the status quo is favored over the security of Canadians. Let's take a look at the case of MLA @ThomasDangAB to see what this means A 🧵
As the then Alberta NDP Infrastructure Critic, Dang investigates a tip from a constituent about potential vulnerabilities in Alberta's COVID-19 vaccination records. The Health Minister's office is informed of this vulnerability by phone and email.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
This is called vulnerability disclosure and is central to cybersecurity.

Instead of being commended for his work, the RCMP initially sought criminal charges. What has resulted is months of attention around Dang’s alleged hack and not the vulnerability.

docs.hackerone.com/programs/vdp-v…
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