Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech industry. The NSA, sometimes jokingly said to stand for No Such Agency, has long hired top math and computer science talent. Its technical leaders have been early … Read more
One of Canada’s former top spies says that insider threats are one of the country’s biggest national security threats following three high-profile incidents. “An insider threat, whether it’s a leaker or a spy — a spy from the inside — is unquestionably the most serious threat to national security,” former CSIS executive manager Dan Stanton … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Crown attorneys are asking for a maximum sentence for Cameron Ortis, the former senior RCMP officer convicted of leaking secrets to targets of police investigations. If the judge agrees, that would mean multiple decades behind bars for Ortis — once a rising star in the national police … Read more
