TOP USA FVEY National Security Agency 3 April 2013 Central Security Service Information Paper Subject NSA Intelligence Relationship with Canada s Communications Security Establishment Canada CSEC U Introduction The U S Canada SIGINT relationship dates back to an alliance formed during World War II In 1949 the relationship was formalized under the CAN USA Agreement signed with CSEC The basic tenet of CANUSA is cooperation in all aspects of SIGINT except when considered prejudicial to the national interests of one of the parties The formal Information Assurance IA relationship with CSEC is based on a 1986 Memorandum of Agreement NSA has a close cooperative relationship with CSEC that both sides would like to see expanded and strengthened TO USA CSEC is a highly valued second party partner The relationship is driven by our mutual interest in the defense of North America as a whole Cooperative efforts include the exchange of liaison officers and integrees joint projects shared activities and a strong desire for closer collaboration in the area of cyber defense Since Canada has a limited ability to produce devices it is a large consumer of US IA products T0 USA NSA civilian guides the continued success of the CANUSA relationship in Canada staff have a close working relationship with_ Together they enable productive interactions with Canadian intelligence organizations in support of US Intelligence Community goals U Key Issues NSA and CSEC cooperate closely in the following areas 0 TO USA CAN active computer network access and exploitation on a variety of foreign intelligence targets including CT Middle East North Africa Europe and Mexico - information assurance and critical infrastructure defense and evolving cyber capabilities and network security standards Classified By l crivcd From 1-52 Dated 20070108 Declassif 2038040 TOP SECRET OFORN TOP USA FVEY U What NSA provides to the partner SIGINT NSA and CSEC cooperate in targeting approximately 20 TO USA CAN high-priority countrieS NSA shares technological ogic capabilities software and resources for state-of the-art collection processing and analytic efforts and IA capabilities The intelligence exchange with CSEC covers worldwide national and transnational targets No Consolidated Program CCP money is allocated to CSEC but NSA at times pays and technology costs on shared projects with CSEC U What the partner provides to NSA developments TO USA CAN CSEC offers resources for advanced collection processing and analysis and has opened covert sites at the request of NSA CSEC shares with NSA their unique geographic access to areas unavailable to the US their sites in the PRC and chnology and software CSEC has increased provides products te its investment in projects of mutual interest - TOP USA FVEY TOP USA FVEY TOP USA FVEY TOP USA FVEY TOP USA FVEY