On October 1, Canada announced the launch of its new Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. The Centre was created in response to Canada's 2016 Cyber Review, which identified a need for more "focused federal management on cyber security." The Centre's mandate is to "make Canada more resilient to cyber incidents and build a stronger cyber security community" within Canada.

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