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PHIPA for Health-Tech Vendors: What Ontario Hospitals Ask

PHIPA, Ontario's Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, is the provincial law that governs how health information custodians, such as...

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RPAA Compliance: Bank of Canada Framework Guide for PSPs

RPAA compliance means a payment service provider (PSP) in scope of the Retail Payment Activities Act registers with the Bank of Canada, operates a...

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OSFI B-10 for Vendors: What a Bank's Vendor Review Asks

OSFI Guideline B-10 (Third-Party Risk Management) sets the rules Canadian banks, insurers, and trust and loan companies follow when they assess,...

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OSFI B-13 for Suppliers: SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Mapping

OSFI B-13 is the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions' Technology and Cyber Risk Management guideline. B-13 has been in effect...

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Top vCISO Services in Canada (2026): A Buyer's Guide

A vCISO service in Canada is fractional security leadership that owns the security program and also covers the Canadian obligations a US-focused...

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HIPAA in Canada: When It Applies and What PHIPA Adds

HIPAA is a US law that reaches a Canadian company the moment that company creates, receives, maintains, or transmits protected health information...

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PIPEDA Compliance for SaaS: 10 Principles as Controls

PIPEDA (the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) is Canada's federal privacy law for private-sector organizations that...

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ISO 27001 Certification in Canada: Bodies, Costs, 2026 Timeline

ISO 27001 certification in Canada is issued by an accredited certification body, a separate firm from the consultant who helps build the program. A...