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The EU Cyber Resilience Act: what Canadian exporters must report since 2026-09-11
Selling connected hardware or software into the EU? The Cyber Resilience Act's 24-hour vulnerability reporting duty applies since 2026-09-11, and the main obligations follow on 2027-12-11. Scope, deadlines,…
Read the insight →AI in the payment environment: what the PCI SSC’s new AI guidance means for your scope
The PCI SSC published Security Considerations for AI Systems on 2026-09-15. AI is scoped like any other technology. Where chatbots, agents and shadow AI pull systems into PCI…
Read the insight →Phishing and ransomware: the PCI DSS 4.x controls that actually help
Ransomware is the top cybercrime threat to Canadian critical infrastructure and phishing remains a leading way in. Five PCI DSS 4.x requirements that reduce the risk for any…
Read the insight →You can’t lose what you don’t keep: reducing PCI scope by not storing card data
The most effective PCI DSS control is often the data you never hold. How hosted payment pages, tokenization and segmentation shrink your cardholder data environment, and the traps…
Read the insight →Most breaches still start with a known weakness: scanning and patching under PCI DSS 4.0.1
Vulnerability exploitation is now the leading way into a breach. Here is how PCI DSS 4.0.1 links risk ranking (6.3.1), patch deadlines (6.3.3) and internal and external scanning…
Read the insight →How a penetration test runs: from scoping to retest
What actually happens during a penetration test, step by step: scoping and authorization, reconnaissance, exploitation, reporting and the retest that PCI DSS requirement 11.4.4 expects.
Read the insight →PCI DSS v4.0.1: what the limited revision changed and what it did not
PCI DSS v4.0.1 clarified wording but added no new requirements. Here is what changed, what stayed the same, and what Canadian organizations should update now.
Read the insight →Which PCI self-assessment questionnaire applies to you? A plain guide for small merchants
A plain-language guide to choosing the right PCI DSS Self-Assessment Questionnaire, including the 2025 changes to SAQ A for e-commerce merchants using embedded payment forms.
Read the insight →What to record in your Law 25 confidentiality incident register (and how long to keep it)
Every confidentiality incident must be logged under Law 25, reported or not. Here are the eight elements your register needs and the five-year retention rule.
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