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Priorities
CSIS
programs are aimed at investigating and reporting on threats to the
security of Canada. Learn more about these threats and CSIS’s
role in mitigating the risks.
- Terrorism: Investigating the threat or
the use of violence against persons or property for the purpose of
achieving political, religious or ideological objectives.
- Proliferation of Weapons of Mass
Destruction: Investigating a growing number of foreign states and
terrorist organizations that seek to develop and produce weapons of
mass destruction, including chemical, biological, nuclear, and
radiological weapons.
- Espionage and Foreign Interference:
Investigating clandestine activities by foreign governments that put
Canada’s national security at risk; that monitor, manipulate,
threaten, or exploit expatriates now residing in this country; that
may be detrimental to Canada’s scientific and technological
developments; that may harm our country’s critical economic and
information infrastructures or that may affect our military,
commercial interests, and classified government information.
- Transnational Criminal Activity:
Collecting strategic intelligence as part of a government-wide effort
to advise the Government of Canada on the extent and nature of the
threat posed by transnational crime to Canada.
- Information Security Threats:
Investigating threats against critical information systems and
infrastructure posed by foreign countries, terrorists, and hackers.
- Security Screening: Providing
security assessments on behalf of federal government departments and
agencies (except for the RCMP) on individuals who require access to
classified information or sensitive sites, and on prospective
immigrants, refugee claimants and citizenship applicants. Also
providing assessments to some provincial governments, foreign
governments and international organizations.
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