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The latest thinking and news from the Digital Governance Council (formerly the CIO Strategy Council) and the Digital Governance Standards Institute.
The Digital Governance Council (DGC) and Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) introduces a new course focussed on the practical aspects of mitigating risks in AI systems. Participants will learn to
TORONTO, Canada, September 6, 2023 – Social Value Canada (SVC), the Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI), and the Canadian Lenders Association (CLA) announce the release of the first “Technical Specification
Ottawa – The Digital Governance Standard Institute is proud to announce the publication of the new national standard of Canada, CAN/DGSI 112 – National Occupational Standard for Cybersecurity. This groundbreaking standard
The Digital Governance Standards Institute Council invites stakeholders to share and provide their input on a draft national standard for health data that will reduce ambiguity and uncertainty by providing
TORONTO – The Digital Governance Standards Institute is pleased to announce the reaffirmation of CAN/DGSI 100-1:2020 (R2023), Data governance – Part 1: Data centric security. This National Standard of Canada
The Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI) notifies users having downloaded CAN/DGSI 100-8 of changes made to the 1st edition of a National Standard of Canada, CAN/DGSI 100-8:2023, Data Governance –

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

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

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

Join our upcoming Workshop developing baseline requirements for vendors offering AI/ML solutions to financial institutions across the AI lifecycle
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

CIO Strategy Council Publishes National Standard on privacy professional qualifications
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

CIO Strategy Council Publishes National Standard for Consumer Directed Finance
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