SynapseCommand at Royal Canadian Navy Industry Workshop: Supporting Canada’s Defence Sovereignty

Ottawa, Canada | Event: 23 October 2026

SynapseCommand was represented by Decent Cybersecurity Canada Inc. at the Royal Canadian Navy Industry Workshop in Ottawa on 23 October 2026. Participation reflected the company’s commitment to supporting Canadian defence sovereignty through secure technology, national control of operational data and closer engagement with Canada’s defence industrial community.

Held at the Château Laurier, the workshop was hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) and the Chief of Naval Capability. Decent Cybersecurity founder and CEO Matej Michalko attended on behalf of Decent Cybersecurity Canada Inc., the Canadian company within Decent Cybersecurity.

The event was designed to improve mutual understanding between the Royal Canadian Navy and industry. Its programme covered the Canadian Armed Forces procurement process and the industry perspective on defence acquisition, with opportunities for discussion and networking. Individual projects and associated requirements were outside the workshop’s scope.

A Canadian presence with a focus on sovereignty

For Decent Cybersecurity Canada Inc., participation forms part of its engagement with the Canadian defence ecosystem and its ambition to contribute to capabilities that Canadian institutions can control, evaluate and sustain.

The company’s approach to sovereignty centres on practical questions: where sensitive information is processed, who controls the infrastructure and AI models, how access is authorised, and whether operational decisions can be independently reviewed.

SynapseCommand is designed to support this approach. Developed by Decent Cybersecurity, the platform adds multi-agent AI decision support to existing command-and-control environments. Its deployment options include customer-controlled infrastructure, sovereign cloud and disconnected or air-gapped environments, with human authority retained over consequential decisions. Explore the SynapseCommand platform.

“Canadian sovereignty requires control over the technologies that support national decisions. Our ambition through Decent Cybersecurity Canada Inc. is to contribute to that control, working with Canadian partners and bringing SynapseCommand’s approach to secure, accountable AI into the Canadian defence ecosystem. Data, infrastructure and decision authority must remain in the hands of the institutions responsible for the mission.”

Matej Michalko, Founder and CEO, Decent Cybersecurity

Relevance to the maritime environment

Maritime decision support requires information from different systems to be brought into a coherent operational picture. For technology providers, the challenge extends beyond processing data to preserving its context, supporting interoperability and making recommendations that personnel can examine and challenge.

SynapseCommand’s approach combines integration with existing systems, specialised AI agents and traceable decision records. The platform is designed to help command teams assess information and compare options while retaining responsibility for their decisions. Its published integration framework includes maritime data interfaces such as AIS. Explore SynapseCommand interoperability.

For the Canadian company, the workshop provided an opportunity to deepen its understanding of the defence acquisition environment and the practical responsibilities of suppliers seeking to contribute to national capability.

Building relationships in Canada

Decent Cybersecurity Canada Inc. aims to develop relationships with Canadian defence organisations, technology companies and integration partners around secure AI and sovereign decision support.

Participation in the Royal Canadian Navy Industry Workshop reflects that commitment: engaging with the Canadian defence community, understanding its processes and exploring where SynapseCommand can make a useful contribution.

The workshop took place under the Chatham House Rule. This article reports the company’s own participation and the organisers’ stated programme without attributing workshop discussions to other participants.

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