When it comes to disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity capabilities, a business’s cyber resilience can mean the difference between staying up-and-running and being completely shut down during a disaster. A comprehensive disaster response as-a-service strategy (DRaaS) is a critical factor in your organization’s cyber resiliency. To maintain functionality and avoid extensive downtime during a natural, human, or hardware disaster, a disaster response plan will first identify which essential functions a business can live without—and for how long. Effective DRaaS planning will help your business outline how being without critical data will affect your customers, your revenue, and ultimately, your business’s future. (more…)

Learn how the North American Stamping Group (NASG), a manufacturing organization with multiple facilities throughout North America created a modern and centralized infrastructure in the Canadian cloud. (more…)

The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) governs how Canadian businesses manage the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information. It is a significant concern to not only commercial organizations, but to their customers as well. This multi-part series is designed to help Canadian businesses better understand these laws and provide direction in applying them to their organizations and ensuring compliance. (more…)

British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) is similar to PIPEDA in that it protects personal data collection within the private sector. Organizations considered to be public bodies, as well as the public sector, must comply with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). FIPPA requires that public bodies store any personal information that is under its control or custody exclusively in Canada and it can only be accessed in Canada. There are exceptions but they are few. (more…)