The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, Aug. 7, edition that a collective of Canada's largest banks and major companies from other key sectors is on the cusp of an agreement to gain access to a federal spy agency's trove of information about cyberthreats. The Globe's James Bradshaw and Colin Freeze write that the partnership, which is expected to be sealed within weeks, would create an information pipeline between the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX), the federal department of Public Safety and the secretive Communications Security Establishment (CSE). This effort may help close that knowledge gap by creating more efficient pathways for some information to seep out from the CSE. This new accord is an effort to build the trust necessary to encourage companies to share information more liberally with their peers. The arrangement would allow for "active threat indicators" compiled by cyberdefence teams inside government and the CSE to be shared with some of Canada's most important banks, telecommunications and power companies. The membership roster includes five of Canada's six largest banks and five major telecommunications firms.