Canada

CPCSC Readiness in Canada

CPCSC readiness for Canadian founders and operators. CPCSC is Canada’s defence supply-chain cyber certification program, built on ITSP.10.171, the Canadian profile of NIST SP 800-171. If you want to bid on or stay on federal defence contracts, certification is becoming table stakes. We get you from “we have no idea where we stand” to a Level 1 self-assessment you can attest to, and lay the groundwork for the third-party-assessed higher levels.

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Why Canada

Canadian ecosystem context

Canada’s tech economy is concentrated in a short list of markets: the Toronto to Waterloo corridor, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary. The pattern repeats no matter which one you are in. A Canadian company’s next stage of growth depends on selling into the United States, and in the US, SOC 2 is the price of entry rather than a nice-to-have. Stack the domestic privacy layer on top, PIPEDA nationally and Quebec Law 25 if you touch Quebec residents, and the list gets long before the first US enterprise deal closes.

We are a Toronto firm and we work with companies across the country remotely, in whichever time zone you are in. The Canadian specifics are the part outside firms miss: PIPEDA and Law 25 overlap with SOC 2 more than most people expect, so the evidence should be built once rather than twice, and the auditor’s bill is usually quoted in USD, which belongs in the budget before you start. We prep you to pass. An independent CPA firm signs the report.

What this engagement covers

CPCSC Readiness scope

CPCSC is Canada’s defence supply-chain cyber certification program, built on ITSP.10.171, the Canadian profile of NIST SP 800-171. If you want to bid on or stay on federal defence contracts, certification is becoming table stakes. We get you from “we have no idea where we stand” to a Level 1 self-assessment you can attest to, and lay the groundwork for the third-party-assessed higher levels.

  • CPCSC / ITSP.10.171 scoping and certification-level determination
  • Level 1 self-assessment across the required security requirements
  • Gap remediation plan mapped to NIST SP 800-171 controls
  • Evidence, policies, and System Security Plan (SSP) authoring
  • Assessment coordination for third-party-verified certification levels

For the full service detail, see the CPCSC Readiness page. For fixed-price productized engagements, see pricing.

Pairs well with

Services Canadian clients usually bundle

vCISO / Fractional CISO in Canada

virtual chief information security officer for startups, MSPs, and growth-stage companies that need executive security leadership without a full-time hire.

SOC 2 Compliance in Canada

SOC 2 readiness, control implementation, and audit coordination, delivered in 75 days.

Incident Response Retainer in Canada

on-call security incident response with a contracted SLA, war-room leadership, and postmortem ownership.
Other locations

CPCSC Readiness in other locations

Toronto Ontario, Canada Greater Toronto Area Ontario, Canada Waterloo Ontario, Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada Montreal Quebec, Canada Windsor Ontario, Canada Detroit Michigan, United States Vancouver British Columbia, Canada Calgary Alberta, Canada Edmonton Alberta, Canada Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada Hamilton Ontario, Canada London Ontario, Canada Kingston Ontario, Canada Quebec City Quebec, Canada Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada Victoria British Columbia, Canada Canada Canada Ontario Ontario, Canada Quebec Quebec, Canada British Columbia British Columbia, Canada Alberta Alberta, Canada United States North America
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