Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security are considered national security imperatives of paramount importance. Citizens, corporations, and governmental agencies need to be protected from debilitating, intimidating and disrupting attacks that may lead to severe security and privacy issues, and even to the endangerment or loss of human lives (e.g., child exploitation, cyber terrorism, denial of service, information theft, hate crimes, defamation, bullying, identity theft and fraud).
Cybersecurity affects many strategic sectors of development in Quebec and Canada, including:
- information and communication technologies
- e-commerce
- public safety and security
- health
- transportation
- aerospace
- energy
