Waterloo · Ontario, Canada

CPCSC Readiness in Waterloo

CPCSC readiness for Waterloo 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 Waterloo

Waterloo ecosystem context

The Kitchener-Waterloo corridor is Canada’s densest deep-tech and AI cluster, with University of Waterloo as the talent engine and a long lineage of enterprise software (BlackBerry, OpenText, D2L). Engineering bench is strong, executive bench is thinner. That’s the gap we fill.

We work with Waterloo founders the same week they ask. The drive from Toronto is 90 minutes; we run hybrid in-person engagements and pull from the same talent pool the major Waterloo employers do.

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.

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