The CIO Strategy Council is moving ahead with the creation of new national standards in two areas of growing importance to the digital economy. The proposed standards will specify minimum requirements around the design and operation of non-fungible tokens and create a national occupational standard for cybersecurity professionals. The work...
CIO Strategy Council leading Secretariat of Open Community on Ethics in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (OCEANIS) in 2020
Toronto, December 19, 2019 – The Council is proud to announce that it will assume responsibilities for the Secretariat of the Open Community on Ethics in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (OCEANIS), beginning January 1st, 2020. OCEANIS plays a critical role in facilitating ever-important global coordination and collaboration among standards setting bodies, concerning the extraordinary challenges facing information and communication
DigITal Magazine snapshot- Interview with Jane Goodyer, Dean of Lassonde School of Engineering, York University
Jane Goodyer joined York University on October 1 to take up the position of Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering. Previously, she was based at Massey University in New Zealand, where she was a professor and, since 2017, has served as Head of School in the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology. There, she led
CALLING ALL SMEs: Join upcoming workshop on developing a national standard for the CyberSecure Canada Program.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often vulnerable to cyber-attacks and lack the resources, technical expertise and knowledge to implement cyber security regimes. Help shape a national standard for Canada’s CyberSecure Program and the tools needed to build SME cyber resilience. Please join our upcoming webinar to help shape this work. When: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
New national standard to protect SMEs against cyberattacks under development
In its effort to protect Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from cyberattacks, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) has engaged CIO Strategy Council to develop a National Standard of Canada for the CyberSecure Canada certification program.
Enhancing Data Quality and Security in the Accounting Services Industry
TORONTO – The CIO Strategy Council is pleased to announce a new partnership with Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), to explore the business opportunities and challenges presented by the proliferation of data in organizational decision making. This partnership combines CPA Canada’s comprehensive expertise in accounting, audit, standard-setting and the use of data as
Help Shape Canada’s Digital Future: Weigh-in on a Standard for Third-Party Access to Data and Privacy
OTTAWA – Data breaches are fast becoming an unfortunate commonplace in the news cycle, whether the root cause is a result of well-funded state-sponsored attacks, hackers, malware unknowingly being installed by an end-user, or the result of malicious intent by an insider to gather and share private information for profit. Organizations across the public and