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Carney chooses senior bureaucrat Scott Jones to head cyberspy agency
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed senior bureaucrat Scott Jones as the new head of Canada's cyberspy agency, the Communications Security Establishment .
Scott Jones will replace Caroline Xavier, who is retiring from the position at the CSE.
The CSE focuses on collecting foreign intelligence online and protecting Canada from cyberthreats using advanced technology.
Scott Jones led the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security from 2018 to 2021 and held various roles at the agency from 2008 to 2018.
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Scott Jones, a senior official, to the position of Director of the Communications Security Establishment (CST), the Canadian cyber-espionage agency.