On matters of national security
IBM Distinguished Engineer Jeff Crume, known affectionately online as IBM’s Security Guy, provides an overview of what happened in the world cybersecurity in 2025. He then uncovers the risks shaping 2026 as Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing redefine security.
Crume provides a brief overview of Shadow AI, polymorphic malware, and post-quantum cryptography, and what that means for the future.
The following is an excerpt from a December 30, 2025 Globe and Mail article by:
It’s true that Canada has been able to coast along without this capability to this point. We have relied on our Five Eyes partners to share their products collected and analyzed for their own purposes with us. Our diplomats have filled gaps through their reporting. We’ve excelled at foreign signals intelligence and allowed CSIS to collect security intelligence abroad. But in the storm of the current geopolitical environment, this approach is quickly becoming a glaring vulnerability. Our sovereignty and resilience demand that we discover and know for ourselves what’s happening to us in the world.
Continue reading “Canada urgently needs it’s own foreign intelligence service”
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Canada’s June 19, 2024 listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity contravenes international law.
In response, Tehran, today, December 30, 2025, has designated Canada’s navy as a terrorist organization.
Continue reading “Iran designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organization”
CNN is reporting the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a drone strike on a remote dock on the Venezuelan coast. The US Government is claiming, without producing evidence, the facility was being used by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to store drugs and move them onto boats for shipping.
Sources told CNN no one was at the facility at the time of the drone strike, and there were no casualties.