Communications Security Establishment Canada

national cryptologic agency of the Government of Canada
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Communications Security Establishment Canada
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Communications Security Establishment Canada

Summary

Communications Security Establishment Canada is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's field of work was signals intelligence[3].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's field of work was cryptology[4].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada is in the country of Canada[5].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's image is recorded as CSEC.jpg[6].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's instance of is recorded as government agency[7].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[8].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's logo image is recorded as CSEC logo canada.svg[9].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's headquarters location is recorded as Ottawa[10].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's ISNI is recorded as 000000012154112X[11].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127498975[12].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n95040666[13].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's Commons category is recorded as Communications Security Establishment[14].
  • +1946-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Communications Security Establishment Canada[15].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hp_3[16].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's parent organization or unit is recorded as Department of National Defence[17].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's official website is recorded as http://www.cse-cst.gc.ca/[18].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Communications Security Establishment Canada'}[19].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada'}[20].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CST'}[21].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CSE'}[22].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's X is recorded as cse_cst[23].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's X is recorded as cst_cse[24].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's GitHub account is recorded as CommunicationSecurityEstablishment[25].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UCJ4AXt7ecSBp2QSsxm9UBdg[26].
  • Communications Security Establishment Canada's GRID ID is recorded as grid.450615.3[27].

Body

Founding

+1946-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Communications Security Establishment Canada[15].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CST'}[21] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CSE'}[22].

Operations

Communications Security Establishment Canada's headquarters location is recorded as Ottawa[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Department of National Defence[17].

Industry

Fields of work include signals intelligence[3] and cryptology[4], a branch of science[28].

Why It Matters

Communications Security Establishment Canada ranks in the top 4% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . canada.ca. Retrieved . canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . cse-cst.gc.ca. Retrieved . cse-cst.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . cse-cst.gc.ca. Retrieved . cse-cst.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . cse-cst.gc.ca. Retrieved . cse-cst.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . cse-cst.gc.ca. Retrieved . cse-cst.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YouTube API. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . GRID Release 2015-12-14. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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