Today, members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance launched Secure Innovation, a shared security advice initiative to help protect emerging technology companies, researchers, and investors from a range of threats, particularly those from state actors.
The launch of this joint protective security guidance is aimed at protecting the tech sector from national security threats. It follows last October's historic summit that brought together the principals of the domestic security intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) to announce Five Shared Principles to protect technology companies.
The Emerging Technology and Securing Innovation Security Summit's objective was to alert civil society to the pernicious economic espionage activities of hostile state actors. These state actors target and steal technology and research from Five Eyes economies.
Secure Innovation provides the tech sector with a set of cost-effective measures that companies can take to better protect their ideas, reputation and future success.
Secure Innovation demonstrates the increased commitment from all Five Eyes nations to work collaboratively against this shared threat. Businesses in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US can take advantage of a collection of Secure Innovation resources, guidance and products, which are now available across all Five Eyes countries.
This means companies can benefit from consistent advice reflecting both the globalised and interconnected tech start up ecosystem as well as the global nature of the security threats start-ups face.
The world of national security and intelligence has evolved rapidly in the last several years, and accordingly the way we work has as well. CSIS' strong relationships with community partners, businesses, and academia are crucial to building resilience against national security threats. Earning the trust of Canadians is foundational to that effort.
CSIS is committed to continuing its engagement with Five Eyes partners, and will be releasing more resources in the future to assist various partners across multiple sectors mitigate threats to Canada's economic security.
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"Innovation drives collective prosperity and security, yet the threats to innovation are increasing in both scale and complexity. To meet this challenge, CSIS and our Five Eyes partners have launched the Secure Innovation security advice initiative to help build security awareness among tech companies, researchers, and investors in the Five Eyes to ensure the safety, security, and prosperity of our respective economies."
- Dan Rogers, Director, CSIS
