National security and defence
Strengthen cyber readiness, trusted supply-chain evidence, interoperable standards and sovereign digital infrastructure across Canadian and Allied defence capability.
Mission formation and allied engagement
Each mission moves from executive dialogue into coordinated work, standards, implementation or verification as the opportunity matures.
Connect standards, procurement, capital and trusted evidence so defence innovation can move into deployable Allied capability.
Trust must cross institutions and borders
Governments, primes, suppliers, investors and operators need to rely on evidence created outside their own systems without centralizing sensitive information.
A neutral trust and standards forum
DGC can connect Canadian defence requirements with suppliers, standards, assurance, allied interoperability and investment pathways.
Select initial mission use cases
The next opportunity is to form a mission group around supplier readiness, component provenance, software traceability or financing against verified milestones.
Defence capability depends on evidence that remains trusted across the full lifecycle
Defence innovation must move through financing, procurement, production, cross-border supply chains, deployment and sustainment. At each stage, different institutions need to rely on claims about suppliers, security, provenance, readiness, delivery and conformance.
Fragmented requirements and evidence create friction for SMEs, primes, procuring authorities, investors and Allied partners. Sensitive information must remain protected, while selected proofs need to remain verifiable and usable across institutions and jurisdictions.
- Different cyber, supplier and procurement evidence requirements
- Limited traceability for critical components and software updates
- Difficulty reusing verified evidence across financing, procurement and operations
- Need for interoperability without centralizing sensitive defence data
Build the operating conditions for trusted Allied capability
DGC can connect executive direction, Canadian standards, defence requirements, procurement, assurance and international standardization.
Connect the capability community
Bring DND, PSPC, security agencies, primes, dual-use SMEs, critical-infrastructure operators, investors, standards bodies and Allied experts into a mission forum.
Define reusable evidence
Work through the requirements, evidence and acceptance conditions needed across cyber readiness, supplier assurance, procurement, production and financing.
Connect Canadian and Allied standards
Use DGSI standards, ISO and IEC pathways, NATO liaison mechanisms and crosswalks to connect civil and defence requirements where mandates intersect.
Support assurance and trusted exchange
Develop conformity-assessment, validation and verification approaches that allow institutions to rely on selected proofs without exposing sensitive underlying data.
A cross-sector mission
The mission spans the institutions that finance, procure, build, secure, operate and standardize defence capability.
Defence and national security
DND, PSPC, security and intelligence organizations, public safety institutions and other authorities responsible for capability and resilience.
Primes and dual-use suppliers
Large defence contractors, technology companies and SMEs seeking to demonstrate security, readiness and supply-chain reliability.
Critical infrastructure and cyber
Operators and cybersecurity organizations supporting resilient systems, networks, data and operational continuity.
Capital and investment
Public and private investment institutions, banks, funds and guarantee providers financing innovation, production and resilience.
Standards and allied interoperability
DGSI, ISO, IEC, NATO standardization stakeholders and technical experts connecting civil and defence requirements.
Trust infrastructure and assurance
Technology providers, auditors, assessors and conformity-assessment bodies supporting provenance, traceability and verified evidence.
Several DGC workstreams already point toward a defence mission
The mission brings together existing cyber-readiness work and a broader allied proposition on standards, trusted evidence and sovereign infrastructure.
CPCSC and CAN/DGSI 104
DGC has developed practical guidance and verification pathways to help suppliers translate baseline cyber expectations into controls and evidence that SMEs, primes and procuring authorities can use.
Standards as economic statecraft
DGC has articulated how standards shape market access, capital allocation, interoperability, supply chains and strategic dependence across Allied capability.
Verified evidence across the lifecycle
DGC has developed a concept for governed, permissioned trust infrastructure supporting provenance, readiness, software traceability, delivery obligations and financing milestones without centralizing sensitive data.
Form the mission group and select the first demonstrator
Organizations can help define an initial use case around cyber-readiness evidence, supplier claims, component provenance, software-update traceability, cross-border acceptance or financing tied to verified production and resilience milestones.
Defence authorities, suppliers, primes, investors, standards leaders and assurance organizations
Priority participants include DND and PSPC stakeholders, dual-use SMEs, defence primes, critical-infrastructure and cyber organizations, Allied standards experts, capital institutions and trusted-infrastructure providers.