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At the members’ meeting on January 30, 2023, Keith Jansa, CEO and Chair Jim Balsillie announced the launch of the Digital Governance Council (DGC). Formerly the CIO Strategy Council, the DGC convenes executives across sectors to act on critical digital governance challenges and opportunities with the aim of strengthening the trust and confidence in Canada’s …

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The CIO Strategy Council is proud to announce the publication of a new national standard for scalable remote access infrastructure. This standard presents a set of requirements for organizations to mitigate security risks associated with, and scalability demands upon, enterprise technologies used for remote access. The standard provides guidance to organizations needing to react to …

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The CIO Strategy Council invites all stakeholders to share and provide their input on a draft National Specification for Digital Credentials and Digital Trust Services. The specification aims to set baseline requirements for interoperability and trust amongst digital credentials issuers, verifiers, and holders. Digital credentials are electronic representations of the physical certificates and IDs that …

CIO Strategy Council Launches Public Review on National Technical Specification for Digital Credentials and Digital Trust Services Read More »

The CIO Strategy Council invites all stakeholders to share and provide their input on a draft national standard. The standard aims to specify minimum requirements for preparing, developing, and conducting challenge-based, agile and open procurement of digital products and services. The standard applies to all organizations, including public and private companies, government entities, and not-for-profit …

CIO Strategy Council Launches Public Review of Proposed National Standard for Agile and Open Procurement of Digital Solutions Read More »

The CIO Strategy Council is proud to announce the publishing of a new national standard on the Discovery of Digital Twins. This is the first standard in a series that will provide a shared set of criteria that will encourage interoperability, collaboration and support commercialization and advancement of the development and management of digital twins. …

Publication of a new National Standard for Connected Cities: Discovery of Digital Twins Read More »

Canadian financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly developing and deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) solutions. While FIs build some of these solutions in-house, they outsource many functions across the AI lifecycle to vendors which can generate various risks. CIO Strategy Council and the Canadian RegTech Association (CRTA) are co-hosting virtual workshops in January 2023. …

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Data is a valuable commodity in the digital economy, so demand is growing for competent privacy professionals who can safeguard it. But it can be difficult for organizations to identify candidates who are properly qualified for these complex roles, which require a solid understanding of technology, best practices, and the law. The CIOSC’s Technical Committee …

CIO Strategy Council Publishes National Standard on privacy professional qualifications Read More »

The CIO Strategy Council is pleased to announce the publication of a new National Standard of Canada that will focus on consumer directed finance. CAN/CIOSC 110-1: 2022 specifies minimum requirements for planning, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving the customer experience surrounding access to customer banking, transaction, and other financial data from bank and non-bank …

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