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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 30/09/2026

So not only did I recently learn that Agalloch reunited, but they're now playing in Toronto next year.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 24/09/2026

A glimpse of the malware infecting the tankers Reportedly called the "Da Vinci virus"

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 23/09/2026

Last year, I wrote about Canada's complex cybersecurity standardization regime for procurement. I found a couple great charts to show this: These are two proposed models for integrating CPCSC (Canadian CMMC) into public-private partnerships.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 03/09/2026

The ATF in the US is investigating a hack of its lawful access program. This should give Canada pause in how it is developing its own lawful access program. The RCMP are not digitally modernized according to its own audits.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 27/08/2026

I am delving once again into crown prerogative and the authorization of Canadian cyber operations. Constantly reading about the "Crown" makes the inner non-monarchist in me grumble.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 19/08/2026

The Canadian Armed Forces are so not forward thinking. They recently released a defence digital strategy and have no mention about this capability gap.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 03/08/2026

The Jordanian Armed Forces will now be saying basic cybersecurity operations training at Willis College in Ottawa, Canada. This is the same intro/basic cybersecurity essentials training that CAF Cyber Operators take before advanced training at CFSCE.

Willis College and Al Hussein Technical university sign agreement for Jordan miltiary to take training at Willis College.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 28/07/2026

Well, it is official. I am finally headed to defend my PhD dissertation, "Why States Hack the Planet."

Why States Hack the Planet:
Initiative Persistence, Subjectivity, and Variation in Cyber Conflict

By
Alexander Rudolph

A thesis submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy
In
Political Science

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 21/07/2026

Shout out to my favourite redaction in a CAF document:

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 02/07/2026

Training and education in cyber are important not only for learning new skills but also for maintaining existing knowledge.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 21/05/2026

These three are usually referred to as the "core" or "tripartite" of the GC's cyber management. As a result, it is a stretch to claim that any singular organization is the "lead" here when even the GC says three organizations are the lead. However, this graph shows that this is just the start.

Graph showing TBS, SSC, PS, CSIS, RCMP, DND/CAF, CSE as all part of GC cyber security.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 21/04/2026

Coming tomorrow: www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadian-p... PSPC conducted an evaluation of the initial roll out of the Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification. I take a look at what it tells us about the program and the recent introduction of level 1 CPCSC.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 15/01/2026

Honestly, this is one of the less bizarre ones and more fun. My usual assumption is that requests are by professionals for a specific purpose such as political science research or legal research for lawyers, or journalists. Other times, it can be a bit easier to spot the crazies.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 15/01/2026

I am by no means experienced in writing ATIP requests, but there is a lot to have a sensible chuckle with this one 😂 I am also a fan of this request. I like to think it was done by a CAF member who won the lottery, but doesn't want anyone in their chain to know about it.

Access to information request for any career direction document or release policy for CAF members who win the lottery

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 15/01/2026

I am going through the already completed ATIPs for anything relevant and came across this amusing request. Camp Adazi, where the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence base is located and the majority of the CAF in Latvia are, is approximately 200km from the Russian border.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 28/08/2025

I'm in the meme phase of this chapter

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 11/08/2025

Reading an article about the Canadian Armed Forces and they use "the DND and CAF."

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 09/06/2025

CAFCYBERCOM has said their budget is classified and can't disclose how much the government has provided them. So, unless there's a change in government policy, they'll currently be able to fudge a lot of the numbers without proper disclosure of spending on the premise of "trust me."

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 04/06/2025

Appears to be all of the above. This approach is one of the standard approaches in many Ukrainian UAV ops based on what I have heard. Remote piloted, with software-based "AI" to follow a pre-planned route and plan of action in case of loss of manual control. www.reuters.com/graphics/UKR...

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 04/06/2025

In Star Wars, they knew adding pain receptors to robots was important. We must make LLMs feel pain.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 13/05/2025

Amateurs talk about logistics and cabinet ministers, professionals talk about mandate letters

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 19/04/2025

This part on defence procurement legislation in the Liberal's full platform makes me concerned. "[Take] steps to expand risk-based approaches to approvals..." The problem isn't that we aren't risk aware; the problem is we're too risk-averse. This is one of the worst things that could occur.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 04/04/2025

The only way I feel I have control these days...

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 03/04/2025

Being a cyber defence and military offensive cyber researcher, but I write one article about standards in the government and I've fallen ass backwards into the cyber security standards policy guy.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 02/04/2025

I'm glad I never ended up publishing with The Conversation. What an absolute garbage website.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 13/03/2025

So how hot off the presses is ITSP.10.171? Very.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 12/03/2025

Finally an update about the Canadian Program for Cyber security Certification. This is the Canadian CMMC that is meant to provide equivalence with the US. There had been some rumors it was canceled, so good to see it was just behind schedule. #cmmc #cpcsc

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 25/02/2025

A new, hot red team report template suitable for all your needs. (Courtesy of an ATIP I just got back from CAFCYBERCOM)

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 16/02/2025

Me in the corner at all events.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

"Currently, the Government of Canada conduct cyber operations to reduce the ability of foreign cybercriminals to launch ransomware incursions and profit from the sale of stolen information." Most clearcut statement from Canada that CSE is conducting operations against ransomware operators.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

Finally, something interesting: I'm unsure if this is new or not, but the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission "intends to implement mandatory rules for blocking botnets by ISPs following consultations."

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

Some of this is confirming my suspicions that this was pushed out and likely wasn't finished. It refers to the Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification (CPCSC) as the Canadian Cyber Security Certification Program. In addition, there was supposed to be an initial rollout of CPCSC last month

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

A broad discussion of the cyber security awareness stuff the government has been doing. Nothing really new here, but mentions they want to include looking at LLMs in mis/disinformation using the same formats.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

GAC has created a foreign policy Senior Official for Cyber Digital and Emerging Technology.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

I vaguely recall hearing about Cybersecurity Attribution Data Centre, but haven't followed up on it at all. I like this though, especially for helping to develop AI cybersecurity experts. Canada has long been a small, but vocal actor in the cyber diplomacy space, so a nice mention of it here.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

Public Safety and CCCS are creating: Canadian Cyber Defence Collective (CCDC): "a national multi-stakleholder engagement body to advance Canada's cyber resilience through direct public-private partnership on antiaonl-level cyber security challenges, policy priorities, and defence efforts."

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 07/02/2025

I'm getting a lot of "eh, just publish it" caretaker government energy from this, although nothing too terrible just yet.

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