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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.

CIO Strategy Council Joins ICTC’s Inaugural Digital Future Summit as a Summit Partner
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) has penned a memorandum of understanding with the CIO Strategy Council to collaborate on the advancement of standards, trust, and resiliency of the

Work Begins on Standardizing Key Terms in Health Data and Digital Governance
Words matter, particularly in emerging digital fields where the meanings of terms have yet to be settled. Instead of collaboration, confusion can reign when stakeholders can interpret the same text

Public review starts for draft 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

New standard brings clarity on cybersecurity to SMEs
With 2021 expected to be the worst year on record for cyberattacks, the CIO Strategy Council has published a new standard that will help smaller businesses protect their systems from

How Should Data Trusts Protect and Share Information? Comment on a Draft Standard
The CIO Strategy Council is inviting comments from the public on a proposed new national standard governing how institutions managing data trusts should care for information that is used or

Public Review Opens on New Edition of Standard for Third-Party Access to Data
The CIO Strategy Council is inviting comments from the public on a proposed new edition to Canada’s national standard governing how organizations share data with third parties. With the rapid