Leadership and Collaboration Smart cities use digital technologies to enhance quality of life by making services more efficient, cost-effective, and responsive for urban residents. For example, “smart” traffic lights will measure and adapt timing to improve traffic flows and connected sewer systems will detect leaks and monitor real-time water flow. CYBER SECURITY SNAPSHOT: COLLABORATING TO SOLVE CYBER SECURITY PROBLEMS To accelerate the development of smart cities in Canada, the federal government announced the Smart Cities Challenge initiative in Budget 2017. Augustine received an invitation to participate in the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre’s (CCIRC) annual Geek Week. He attended last year and enjoyed The federal government will make smart investments in cyber security, working with cyber professionals and while also advocating for its partners in the private sector and in other academics from Canada and other countries to solve cyber security problems. Augustine jurisdictions to do the same. Private sector organizations in Canada have found that the skills and professional world-class cyber security capabilities that can be leveraged to benefit all connections he gained during Geek Week sectors of the Canadian economy. There are also great ideas and strong leadership in our schools and our post-secondary institutions that will be instrumental in shaping the future of cyber security in Canada. The Government will work to bridge Canada-wide efforts to develop cyber skills, advance new solutions, and strengthen cyber security. We will be an example to the world of what can be achieved through a cohesive and coherent National Cyber Security Strategy. benefitted him when he returned to work. At last year’s event, his team experimented with CCIRC’s prototype tools to perform automated analysis of mobile-based malware and ransomware, and also examined how encryption on such devices can be exploited by attackers. He likes that the work they did can have a real-world benefit and that after the event the team was able to take the tool they worked on back to their own organizations to develop further. 29 of 35 • NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY