Canada’s cybersecurity agency’s acknowledgment that it is undertaking “foreign cyber operations” is significant as it shows the agency’s willingness to engage in activity that involves questions of authorization of operations in other jurisdictions, and is joining allies in actively deferring cyber threats. Christopher Parson, senior research associate at Citizen Lab, said on social media that the CSE’s acknowledgment of its use of active-defensive cyber tools is a “watershed” moment, showcasing a “sword” that Canada deploys internationally while indicating that the country has joined ranks with its allies in fighting cybercrime. “What does it mean that CSE has undertaken this kind of operation to disrupt criminals?” Parson wrote on Twitter. “Perhaps most importantly, it’s that our signals intelligence agency is now dealing with criminal activities as part of its mandate in practice, and not just in theory.”   to actively disrupt cybercrime from across the world is significant because it shows …