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Canada is a perennially popular country to do business in, whether as a Canadian company or a foreign investor. It regularly appears on Forbes’ list of the best countries for business, and is an appealing jurisdiction for IPOs, with the Toronto Stock Exchange becoming an increasingly popular exchange for foreign companies.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a framework of requirements to ensure secure payment card transactions. All organizations that process or store cardholder data will need to prove compliance for their bank or card issuer.
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks are a set of best-practice cybersecurity standards for a range of IT systems and products. CIS Benchmarks provide the baseline configurations to ensure compliance with industry-agreed cybersecurity standards.
The ISO 14001 is a framework of standards used to create an environmental management system. Such a system helps organizations identify and mitigate harmful environmental effects of its product or services.
By achieving ISO compliance, organizations can drive sustainable improvements to their business operation. Organizations can use standards to maintain product consistency and improve service performance.
Fines are the main way that GDPR compliance is enforced, and regulators have already issued eye-watering GDPR penalties. Since GDPR launched in 2018, non-compliant companies have faced millions of euros in fines and GDPR penalties.
