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Read the blog →Ottawa is the centre of federal defence procurement, and CPCSC is becoming table stakes to stay in the supply chain. We take Ottawa vendors from an unknown starting point to a defensible Level 1 self-assessment against ITSP.10.171, or through full Level 2 readiness across all 98 requirements ahead of the April 2027 wave, when certification-body capacity in the National Capital Region will be the constraint.
Ottawa is the federal government and defence market, which means CPCSC rather than SOC 2 is frequently the binding requirement. Level 1 becomes mandatory in select Department of National Defence contracts in Summer 2026, and suppliers who are not certified at the level their contract requires become ineligible to bid.
CPCSC is built on CCCS ITSP.10.171, Canada's adaptation of NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3. If you also sell into the United States, the CMMC overlap means scoping both together avoids doing the same control work twice.
Federal buyers also ask about data residency and personnel screening in ways commercial buyers do not, and those are scoping questions rather than control questions.
The service itself is the same everywhere. Fixed scope, fixed price, and the same team. What changes by region is which requirement binds first and who is asking. The full detail is on the cpcsc readiness page, and prices are on the pricing page.
Ottawa is federal-sector tech, defence, and a long-standing cybersecurity ecosystem. The buyers are different from Toronto: longer cycles, more compliance, and ITSG-33 / Protected B / OSFI on every checklist.
Public sector and FRFI work runs through Ottawa. We carry the cybersecurity vocabulary required to talk to TBS, CCCS, and OSFI staff, and to vendors selling into them.
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, or all the way through Level 2 readiness: all 98 requirements, the System Security Plan, the evidence, and a mock assessment before an accredited certification body arrives.
For the full service detail, see the CPCSC Readiness page. For fixed-price productized engagements, see pricing.
We do. traztech is a Canadian security and compliance firm working with startups and SMEs on CPCSC Readiness, led by a published security researcher with six disclosed CVEs. Engagements are fixed scope with published pricing, and the first call is free. CPCSC certification decisions rest with the Government of Canada programme, not with a consultant. We run the readiness work and the self-assessment against the control set.
Ottawa is the federal government and defence market, which means CPCSC rather than SOC 2 is frequently the binding requirement. Level 1 becomes mandatory in select Department of National Defence contracts in Summer 2026, and suppliers who are not certified at the level their contract requires become ineligible to bid. CPCSC is built on CCCS ITSP.10.171, Canada's adaptation of NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3. If you also sell into the United States, the CMMC overlap means scoping both together avoids doing the same control work twice. Federal buyers also ask about data residency and personnel screening in ways commercial buyers do not, and those are scoping questions rather than control questions.
No. We are based in Toronto and work with companies across Canada and the United States. Readiness work is largely remote by nature: evidence, policies and control design do not require anybody in the room. Where physical and environmental controls are in scope, for example a data centre or an office in the audit boundary, we attend on site. We have run a dual-framework programme across three physical sites, so that scope is familiar rather than an exception.
Our pricing is fixed and published rather than quoted per city, because the work does not change with the postcode. What moves the number is scope: how many systems and sites are in the boundary, how much already exists, and how many frameworks you are running at once. The audit or assessment fee is separate and is paid to the independent firm that performs it. Every price we charge is on our pricing page.
It depends on the framework and on how much of the programme already exists. Our SOC 2 track runs on a 75-day readiness window and our ISO 27001 readiness track runs 16 weeks, both of which assume you can give the work real attention. A Type II adds an observation period on top, typically three to twelve months, because the auditor has to watch the controls operate. We will give you a realistic date on the first call rather than the one you want to hear.
Yes, and we frequently do. We manage the relationship, handle evidence requests and represent you through fieldwork. Where you have not chosen one, we run the selection: on one engagement, setting out a documented readiness position and confirming a prep firm took $11,000 off the quote, and across four firms bidding identical scope the highest number was 2.1 times the lowest.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We’ll tell you whether this engagement fits, what it would cost, and when we could start.
Book a callEvery readiness programme needs a control library, an evidence register, policies and a score for the board. Being quoted five figures a year for that is normal. Paying it is not.
| traztech Workspace | Other GRC platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence cost | $0. Free forever, no card, no paid tier | $7,500 to $50,000 a year, on an annual contract |
| Control library, evidence register, policy templates, risk register, vendor questionnaires, readiness scoring | Included | Included |
| What it costs inside an engagement with us | $0. You need a workspace either way | Unchanged. The subscription sits on top of the fee |
| What it does to your audit quote | $11,000 off a five-figure quote on one engagement, for a documented readiness position | Nothing. The audit firm prices your readiness, not your tooling |
Pricing in the right column is what compliance automation platforms are publicly reported to charge; none of them publish a number, so treat it as a range rather than a quote. The $11,000 came off the audit firm's own number once the readiness position was documented (the engagement). Where a paid platform is the better buy, and the fuller comparison, is on the Workspace page.
Track record
Five published CVEs. CVE-2024-45163 (CVSS 9.1) is a flaw in the Mirai botnet itself, which gave defenders a way to shut down attacker infrastructure. CVE-2026-42626 takes HP ENVY 5000 printers offline from any unauthenticated device on the same network.
At Humera, a venture-backed US security company, Jacob built the compliance programme in-house from nothing: no report, no policies, no documented controls. It ended in a Type II attestation across 76 controls with zero exceptions, on a team of 15.