Cyber resilience
Help Canadian organizations strengthen baseline cybersecurity, reuse evidence across requirements and demonstrate readiness to customers, partners and procuring authorities.
Readiness and verification
Each mission moves from executive dialogue into coordinated work, standards, implementation or verification as the opportunity matures.
Reduce the gap between cybersecurity requirements, operational controls and credible evidence.
Requirements are multiplying
Organizations face overlapping security expectations, supply-chain pressure and procurement requirements without a clear way to reuse controls and evidence.
Practical readiness pathway
DGC connects standards, implementation guidance, evidence organization, independent review and verification.
Readiness participation
Suppliers, SMEs and implementation partners can engage in readiness, evidence and verification activities.
Cyber resilience depends on controls operating consistently and evidence being ready
Many organizations already have cybersecurity controls, but requirements may be interpreted differently across programs, customers and contracts.
The challenge is often not the absence of every control. It is the need to define parameters, document procedures, apply controls consistently and retain evidence that demonstrates they are working.
- Duplicated compliance and assessment effort
- Unclear mapping between standards and procurement requirements
- Inconsistent evidence and documentation
- Growing supply-chain and defence-sector readiness expectations
Make cyber requirements more usable without overstating equivalence
DGC provides implementation aids and independent review while maintaining clear boundaries between readiness support and official program direction.
Connect suppliers and buyers
Bring SMEs, procurement authorities, cyber experts, service providers and regulated sectors together around practical requirements.
Map controls and evidence
Identify overlaps, evidence reuse and gaps across CAN/DGSI 104 and other relevant cybersecurity requirements.
Maintain practical guidance
Develop standards, crosswalks, workbooks and evidence expectations that organizations can apply.
Review readiness independently
Provide validation and verification activities that can support internal readiness, due diligence and preparation for procurement.
A cross-sector mission
Cyber resilience requires collaboration across organizations that set requirements, implement controls and rely on evidence.
Defence and dual-use suppliers
Companies preparing to demonstrate baseline cyber practices in procurement and supply chains.
Small and medium enterprises
Organizations that need practical, proportionate support to organize controls and evidence.
Public procurement
Departments and agencies responsible for security requirements, contracting and program integrity.
Managed service providers
Implementation partners supporting controls, documentation, evidence and ongoing operations.
Critical and regulated sectors
Organizations in finance, health, energy, telecommunications, transportation and other high-dependency environments.
Assessors and assurance
Cybersecurity professionals, auditors and verification bodies supporting independent review.
Standards have been connected to practical readiness
DGC has developed guidance and review pathways to help organizations move from requirements to evidence.
CAN/DGSI 104 and CPCSC Level 1 guide
The practical guide maps relevant requirements, highlights overlaps and helps organizations identify where controls and evidence may be reused.
CyberDefence Ready validation and verification
The initiative enables organizations to receive an independent review of cybersecurity practices against CPCSC Level 1 requirements and a formal statement of verification.
Evidence-focused readiness
Current work emphasizes defined control parameters, documented procedures, technical enforcement and retained evidence.
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123 AuditPrepᵀᴹ
The Digital Governance Council has collaborated with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) across Canada and 123 Cyber in launching 123 AuditPrepᵀᴹ. Our affiliated MSPs are committed to helping their clients build their cyber resilience through the effective implementation of CAN/DGSI 104.
Move from requirements to evidence
Organizations can use the practical guide, map existing controls, organize documented evidence and explore an independent CyberDefence Ready review. Implementation partners can support suppliers and SMEs while maintaining clear boundaries between readiness support and formal CPCSC certification.
Suppliers, SMEs, procurement teams and implementation partners
This mission is most relevant to defence and dual-use companies, regulated sectors, public procuring authorities, managed service providers, cyber professionals and assurance bodies.