Contemporary Information Challenges and the Formation of Canada’s Cybernetic Strategy

Authors

  • Ivanna Makuch-Fedorkova Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2020.41.29-45

Keywords:

cybersecurity, information security, Canadian national interests, information strategy, national strategy, computer systems, critical infrastructures

Abstract

The article examines the issue of Canada’s cybersecurity and also characterizes a set of normative acts, that have a military and political pattern regarding the formation of Canada’s strategy for informational policy and the National Security protection mechanism. The article contains program documents that are presented in order to improve Canada’s cybersecurity and elaborate directives that influenced the country’s armed forces modernization, active participation in peacekeeping and counterterrorism operations in crisis regions around the world. It is shown that Canada’s cybersecurity strategy allows protecting the integrity of government systems and national critical assets, effectively fighting against cybercrime and protect Canada’s citizens with their daily usage of informational space. It emphasized Canada’s international cooperation in protecting the country’s national space, consolidating efforts with NATO block and its members in order to restrain Russia. The medical mission of Canadian doctors that assisted Ukrainian servicemen was also analyzed, as well as the importance of Canadian assistance in combating “Kreml” propaganda in the cybersecurity field. The author concluded that the modernization of Canada’s economy, governmental support, technological innovation, proper regulatory framework and partnerships between all levels of government had a serious impact on the creation of Canada’s national security system standards. Cybersecurity policies, which are aimed at improving the interests of Canadians and the national economy, play an important role in this process.

Author Biography

Ivanna Makuch-Fedorkova, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of International Communications and Information Policy

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Published

2020-06-26

How to Cite

Makuch-Fedorkova, I. (2020). Contemporary Information Challenges and the Formation of Canada’s Cybernetic Strategy . Modern Historical and Political Issues, (41), 29–45. https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2020.41.29-45