CMMC is a US DoD program, but it is directly relevant to Canadian startups that want to sell into the US defense industrial base or subcontract to US primes handling CUI.
See also the CMMC overview.
Where CMMC fits into a Canadian company’s compliance picture, and where Canadian regulators change the calculus.
Canadian vendors handling FCI or CUI on DoD contracts need the appropriate CMMC level.
Because CMMC and Canada CPCSC both build on NIST SP 800-171, one remediation effort supports both.
We often scope a small CUI enclave rather than hardening your whole environment.
CMMC is the credential for the US defence market specifically. A Canadian startup pursuing it is almost always doing so to win or keep US DoD-linked work.
Pair CMMC with Canada CPCSC if you sell to both governments, and use NIST CSF to structure the broader program.
traztech is a Toronto (Bay St) security and compliance firm, led by a published CVE researcher, delivering to startups across Canada and the US with our partner Lorikeet Security.
To sell into the US defense industrial base or subcontract to US primes handling CUI. Because CMMC and Canada CPCSC share the NIST SP 800-171 base, the work overlaps heavily.
Pair CMMC with Canada CPCSC if you sell to both governments, and use NIST CSF to structure the broader program.
Yes. traztech is a Toronto-based security and compliance consultancy serving startups across Canada and the US, led by a published CVE researcher and partnered with Lorikeet Security. We run CMMC engagements end to end.
Book a free discovery call. We will tell you whether CMMC fits, what it would take, and roughly what it would cost.