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Mindsec is the software compliance solution that helped Optionality.ai get certified in SOC 2 and ISO 27001, combining a compliance automation platform with hands-on guidance from the Mindsec team. Optionality.ai has since decided to stay with Mindsec for the long term, and has already passed its surveillance audit with our support. The Background Optionality combines […]

For SES & technologies, Mindsec was the missing piece of the puzzle: a security and compliance solution that pairs a compliance automation platform with a team of experts. Over the past three years, it has supported the company across five initiatives: ISO 27001, SOC 2, ISO 9001, Law 25, and GDPR. In 2026, SES & […]

Quebec Law 25 and PIPEDA both govern how organizations handle personal information in Canada. But businesses often assume they’re interchangeable. They’re not, and the gap between them has real consequences for anyone doing business with Quebec residents. In this article, we’ll explain what Law 25 and what PIPEDA is, the key differences between the two, […]

DORA vs NIS2 is one of the most common comparisons in EU cybersecurity regulation for good reason: both are among the most consequential rules for companies operating in the European Union. Many organizations aren’t sure which one applies to them or what actually sets them apart. In this article, we’ll explain what differentiates the two, […]

The DORA regulation is the European Union’s answer to a gap that had existed in financial regulation for years: rules that told banks and insurers how much capital to set aside for risk, but said almost nothing about how resilient their technology actually needed to be. In this article, we’ll explain what this regulation is, […]

Bill C-8 received Royal Assent on June 16, 2026, turning a three-year cybersecurity fight through two separate Parliaments into a live legal regime for Canada’s critical infrastructure. It gives Ottawa new authority to compel action from telecom providers and creates mandatory cybersecurity obligations, with penalties of up to $15 million per day for operators in […]

The CIS Critical Security Controls are a prioritized, 18-control blueprint for cyber defense, maintained by a nonprofit and free for any organization to use. They started as a grassroots effort in 2008 to study real-world attacks and turn that knowledge into a practical to-do list for defenders. They’ve since become one of the most widely […]

CMMC certification and CPCSC are the two acronyms you’re likely aware of if your company sells in both the Canadian and American defence markets. They share the same technical DNA, but they’re not identical. In this article, we’ll explain what CMMC actually requires, how its levels compare directly to CPCSC’s, and how to figure out […]

CPCSC determines whether your company is eligible to compete for Department of National Defence contracts, or to subcontract with a company that does. Despite being announced recently, parts of it are already live. Companies that ignore it are likely to lose contracts they’ve held for years without seeing it coming. Announced on April 14, 2026 […]

Bill C-36 was introduced on June 15, 2026 by Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation. This is an overhaul of Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law in over two decades. If passed, it would replace the privacy provisions of PIPEDA, create a more powerful regulator, and raise penalties substantially, bringing Canada closer to the […]

Organizations are subject to PIPEDA Canada requirements if they collect, use, or disclose personal information in Canada, or handle the data of Canadians from abroad.  Passed in 2000, the PIPEDA law remains the country’s main federal privacy law for the private sector. Non-compliance often results in investigations, court-ordered remedies, and fines. In this article, we’ll […]

In April 2026, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne told the BBC that Claude Mythos 5, a new AI model, had earned a seat at the table of every finance minister at the International Monetary Fund. He said the risk posed by Anthropic’s new model was “the unknown, unknown.” Three months later, that uncertainty became a […]