The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture,” according to an internal government report reviewed by ProPublica.
Or, as one member of the team put it: “The package is a pile of shit.”
Category: Critical Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure is infrastructure considered essential by government for the functioning of a society and economy and deserving of special protection for national security.
Ottawa investing $200-million to enable sovereign satellite launches
Irene Galea and Pippa Norman, reporting for The Globe and Mail:
Ottawa is investing $200-million in a Canadian-owned spaceport to enable sovereign satellite launches and has selected three companies to receive funding from its launch grant program as part of its effort to boost Canada’s space and defence capabilities and encourage new investment in the industry.
Ottawa will lease a dedicated space launch pad at Spaceport Nova Scotia, the facility near Canso, N.S., being constructed by Halifax-based Maritime Launch Services.
The Department of National Defence will pay $20-million per year over 10 years, with 90 per cent of gross rental payments being spent in Canada to support the domestic space agency.
Meanwhile, three companies – Canada Rocket Company, Reaction Dynamics, and NordSpace – will each receive a $8.3-million non-repayable grant to develop space launch vehicles and technologies.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $35 billion investment for defence and infrastructure in Canada’s North
From Yellowknife, NWT, on Thursday 2026.03.12, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a detailed $35 billion plan to modernize and expand Canada’s military footprint in the country’s Far North and Arctic.
From the Government of Canada’s News Release:
To defend fully Canada’s Arctic and North, deter new threats, and support NATO Allies and NORAD continental defence, Canada’s new government is:
- Investing $32 billion at Forward Operating Locations in Yellowknife, Inuvik, and Iqaluit, and at Deployed Operating Base 5 Wing Goose Bay.
NATO approves Apple iPhones and iPads consumer devices for handling classified information up to NATO restricted level without requiring special software or settings
On 2026.02.26, Apple announced iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are certified for, and can be used with classified information up to the NATO restricted level without requiring special software or settings — a level of government certification no other consumer mobile device has met.
Apple mobile platforms running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are now listed on the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue in recognition of their built-in security capabilities.
What the US attack on Iran could mean for national security
On 2026.03.05, Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow at US-based Council on Foreign Relations, wrote:
The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly warned of potential lone-wolf attacks and cyberattacks in the wake of the strikes, and state and local authorities have moved to heightened alert for any retaliation on American soil.
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Sleeper agents, lone actors inspired and motivated by Iran, cyberattacks on US infrastructure, and physical attacks on critical infrastructure are all possible.
Europe should prepare for coordinated cyberattacks to their energy infrastructure from Russia
In December 2025, a wave of Russian cyberattacks hit energy facilities across Poland, a sign that Moscow may be willing to expand its energy campaign beyond Ukraine.
Chelsea Cederbaum, a senior threat intelligence analyst at the American cybersecurity company Recorded Future, wrote “there’s a high risk of escalation by Russia over the next two years” that could included cyberattacks coordinated across wider regions of Europe’s grid, drone flights close to critical infrastructure, and Kremlin-sponsored digital disinformation campaigns designed to paint European countries as unprepared.
UK Prime Minister Starmer warned Europe must move towards ‘interdependence’, calling for a more European-led NATO
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, February 14, 2026, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Europe must shift away from “overdependance” of US and move towards European “interdependence”, calling for a more European-led NATO underpinned by deeper UK-EU defence and industrial cooperation.
PM Starmer warned the security environment had shifted dramatically, that Russia’s aggression was now being felt across the continent through disinformation, cyberattacks and sabotage, alongside its ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor and Detroit
Trump said Monday, February 9, 2026, he will not allow the opening of a new bridge and trade route connecting Ontario and Michigan until the US is “compensated for everything we have given” Canada. In a lengthy anti-social post on his platform, Trump called for immediate negotiations over the bridge between Windsor and Detroit, saying he would seek US ownership of “at least one half of this asset.”
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is publicly owned by both Canada and the state of Michigan, with Canada funding the entire project.
Sources:
Trump’s anti-social post Monday February 9, 2026: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116043090074364624
State-aligned cyberespionage group hit sensitive targets in over 37 nations
Across 37 countries, the state-aligned attackers are reported to have infiltrated networks of 70 organizations, including three ministries of finance, other government ministries, five national law enforcement and border control agencies.
Among those compromised, per the report: Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Czech Republic’s parliament and military, an Indonesian government official, and a Taiwanese power equipment supplier.
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As geopolitical certainty erodes, nations seek sovereign encryption in quantum age
For decades, many nations have operated under a comfortable assumption: that digital security, like physical defence, could be outsourced to trusted allies. That assumption is now under scrutiny.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, US President Donald Trump’s remarks on defence, security and national capability served as a timely reminder that geopolitical certainty is eroding.