https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/01/03/canadas-domestic-spy-agency-looking-to-hire-hackers-and-data-scientists.html
By ALEX BOUTILIER
Ottawa Bureau
The Star
Jan. 3, 2019
OTTAWA -- Canada's domestic spy agency is in the market for hackers.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) wants to hire a "network
exploitation analyst" to assist the agency in "cyber investigative
activities."
The successful candidate will be expected to build new tools for the spy
agency to carry out electronic snooping, develop and maintain a database
of "malware" exploits, and provide analysis of "technical artifacts,"
according to the job posting.
CSIS, which investigates activities suspected of constituting threats to
national security, can and routinely does rely on its sister agency, the
Communication Security Establishment (CSE), for high-tech help with its
espionage efforts. While CSE is focused on gathering foreign intelligence
and is forbidden from spying on Canadians, it can assist domestic law
enforcement and intelligence agencies with their own investigations.
But one spy watcher said CSIS building up an in-house capability for cyber
spying may have less to do with traditional espionage than with its new
powers actually to disrupt threats to Canada.
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