%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Securing Cyberspace: Towards an Agenda for Research and Practice %A Renaud Levesque %A D’Arcy Walsh %A David Whyte %K Canada %K challenges %K countermeasures %K cyber security %K cybersafety %K cybersecurity %K cyberspace %K detection %K Internet of Things %K leadership %K mitigation %K research %K security %X In this article, we seek to identify the important challenges preventing security in cyberspace and to identify the key questions that nations should set out to answer to play a leading role in securing cyberspace. An important assertion is that the challenge of securing cyberspace transcends the abilities of any single entity and requires a radical shift in our approach in how: i) research is conducted, ii) cybersecurity researchers are educated, iii) new defendable systems are developed, and iv) effective defensive countermeasures are deployed. Our response draws upon extensive source material and our personal experiences as cybersecurity professionals contributing to the establishment of the VENUS Cybersecurity Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation that aims to make Canada a global leader in cybersecurity. We view the challenge to be global and transdisciplinary in nature and this article to be of relevance world-wide to senior decision makers, policy makers, managers, educators, strategists, futurists, scientists, technologists, and others interested in shaping the online world of the future. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 26-34 %8 11/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/943 %N 11 %1 Communications Security Establishment Renaud Levesque is the Director General of Core Systems at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in Ottawa, Canada, where he is responsible for R&D and systems development. He has significant experience in the delivery of capability and organizational change in highly technical environments. His career began at CSE in 1986 as a Systems Engineer, responsible for the development and deployment of numerous systems, including the CSE IP corporate network in 1991. In 2000 Renaud went to work in the private sector as Head of Speech Technologies at Locus Dialogue, and later at Infospace Inc., where he became Director of Speech Solutions Engineering. He rejoined CSE in 2003, where he assumed the lead role in the IT R&D section. Subsequently, as a Director General, he focused efforts towards the emergence of CSE's Joint Research Office and The Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing. Renaud holds a Bachelor of Engineering from l’École Polytechnique, Université de Montréal, Canada. %2 Communications Security Establishment D’Arcy Walsh is a Science Advisor at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in Ottawa, Canada. His research interests include software-engineering methods and techniques that support the development and deployment of dynamic systems, including dynamic languages, dynamic configuration, context-aware systems, and autonomic and autonomous systems. He received his BAH from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and he received his BCS, his MCS, and his PhD in Computer Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. %3 Communications Security Establishment David Whyte is the Technical Director for the Cyber Defence Branch at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in Ottawa, Canada. He is CSE's technical lead responsible for overseeing the implementation of the next-generation cyberthreat-detection services for the Government of Canada. He has held many positions over the last 16 years within CSE that span both the Signals Intelligence and Information Technology Security mission lines. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The main focus of his research is on the development of network-based behavioural analysis techniques for the detection of rapidly propagating malware. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/943 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Securing Canada’s Information-Technology Infrastructure: Context, Principles, and Focus Areas of Cybersecurity Research %A Dan Craigen %A D’Arcy Walsh %A David Whyte %K Canada %K cyberdefence %K cyberinfrastructure %K cybersecurity %K entrepreneurship %K experimental development program %K information-technology infrastructure %K management %K research %X This article addresses the challenges of cybersecurity and ultimately the provision of a stable and resilient information-technology infrastructure for Canada and, more broadly, the world. We describe the context of current cybersecurity challenges by synthesizing key source material whose importance was informed by our own real-world experiences. Furthermore, we present a checklist of guiding principles to a unified response, complete with a set of action-oriented research topics that are linked to known operational limitations. The focus areas are used to drive the formulation of a unified and relevant research and experimental development program, thereby moving us towards a stable and resilient cyberinfrastructure. When cybersecurity is viewed as an inherently interdisciplinary problem of societal concern, we expect that fundamentally new research perspectives will emerge in direct response to domain-specific protection requirements for information-technology infrastructure. Purely technical responses to cybersecurity challenges will be inadequate because human factors are an inherent aspect of the problem. This article will interest managers and entrepreneurs. Senior management teams can assess new technical developments and product releases to fortify their current security solutions, while entrepreneurs can harness new opportunities to commercialize novel technology to solve a high-impact cybersecurity problem.. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 12-18 %8 07/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/704 %N 7 %1 Communications Security Establishment Canada Dan Craigen is a Science Advisor at the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). Previously, he was President of ORA Canada, a company that focused on High Assurance/Formal Methods and distributed its technology to over 60 countries. His research interests include formal methods, the science of cybersecurity, and technology transfer. He was the chair of two NATO research task groups pertaining to validation, verification, and certification of embedded systems and high-assurance technologies. He received his BScH in Math and his MSc in Math from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. %2 Communications Security Establishment Canada D’Arcy Walsh is a Science Advisor at the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). His research interests include software-engineering methods and techniques that support the development and deployment of dynamic systems, including dynamic languages, dynamic configuration, context-aware systems, and autonomic and autonomous systems. He received his BAH from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and he received his BCS, his MCS, and his PhD in Computer Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. %3 Communications Security Establishment Canada David Whyte is the Technical Director for the Cyber Defence Branch at the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). He is CSEC's technical lead responsible for overseeing the implementation of the next-generation cyberthreat-detection services for the Government of Canada. He has held many positions over the last 16 years within CSEC that span both the Signals Intelligence and Information Technology Security mission lines. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The main focus of his research is on the development of network-based behavioural analysis techniques for the detection of rapidly propagating malware. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/704