C3SA helps organizations interpret cybersecurity and privacy requirements, from defence and government to energy and payments, assess readiness, map controls and evidence, and build practical remediation roadmaps without confusing compliance with security.
Our work is designed around practical outcomes, not activity for its own sake.
Defence supply-chain readiness, scoping, control mapping and remediation planning.
Security control assessment, SRTM support, gap analysis and implementation guidance.
ISO 27001, 27701, 27017 and 27034, and SOC 2 readiness and internal assurance.
EU cybersecurity, resilience and privacy alignment for regulated organizations.
Critical infrastructure protection for owners and operators of the bulk electric system.
Payment card security scoping, readiness and ongoing compliance.
Control-framework adoption, maturity assessment and practical security roadmaps.
Make ownership, inheritance, implementation and evidence easier to defend.
Where several frameworks apply, C3SA maps them together so one set of controls and evidence serves all of them.
Readiness for U.S. and Canadian defence supply-chain cybersecurity requirements: scoping the environment that handles controlled information, assessing controls and preparing evidence. See CMMC & CPCSC.
What you get
Support for systems that must meet the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security's ITSG-33 guidance, including the Protected B, Medium Integrity, Medium Availability (PBMM) profile: control tailoring, security requirements traceability matrix (SRTM) support and gap analysis. Authorization decisions rest with the responsible government authority.
What you get
Readiness for ISO/IEC 27001 and related standards (27701 for privacy, 27017 for cloud, 27034 for application security) and for SOC 2. Certification and SOC 2 reports come from independent certification bodies and CPA firms; C3SA prepares you and can run internal audits.
What you get
Alignment with the EU's NIS2 Directive for essential and important entities, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) for the financial sector, and the GDPR for personal data, mapped so shared controls satisfy overlapping requirements. Applicability depends on sector, size and national implementation; confirm with counsel.
What you get
Readiness for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards, which apply to owners and operators of the bulk electric system across the United States and in Canadian provinces that have adopted them. C3SA helps categorize BES Cyber Systems, assess controls across areas such as electronic and physical security perimeters, system security management, incident response, recovery and supply chain risk (CIP-013), and prepare evidence for audit. Audits and enforcement are carried out by the NERC Regional Entities and, in Canada, by provincial authorities. See OT / ICS Security.
What you get
Readiness for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS v4), which applies to any organization that stores, processes or transmits payment card data. The biggest savings come from scope: C3SA maps where card data flows, helps reduce the cardholder data environment through segmentation or tokenization, and assesses the remaining controls. Reports on Compliance are issued by Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs); C3SA prepares you for that assessment or helps you complete the right Self-Assessment Questionnaire.
What you get
Assessment against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-53 or 800-171, or the CIS Critical Security Controls, used to measure maturity and build a practical roadmap rather than a checklist.
What you get
Organizing controls, owners, inherited controls from providers and supporting evidence so that you can show an assessor, customer or board exactly how each requirement is met.
What you get
Some of the most damaging incidents happen in environments that passed their last audit. C3SA tests whether controls actually work under realistic conditions, not just whether they are documented.
Policy reviews are paired with technical configuration audits against CIS Benchmarks and vendor hardening guidance, across the platforms most organizations run.
Engagements can be targeted, project-based or part of a broader transformation program.
A customer, board, insurer or procurement process eventually asks for credible evidence of security. C3SA translates the requirements into a control inventory, assesses how controls are designed and whether they operate, assigns owners, closes gaps and organizes evidence so you are ready for independent review.
Compliance is the floor, not the objective. Because C3SA also implements and tests controls, gaps can be fixed and validated instead of documented and deferred.
No. Certifications, attestation reports and government authorizations are issued by accredited bodies, CPA firms or the responsible authority. C3SA prepares you for those reviews and can run internal assessments.
Usually not. Most frameworks overlap heavily. C3SA builds a crosswalk so a single control and its evidence can satisfy several requirements, which reduces duplicated effort.
It depends on scope and current maturity. A readiness assessment gives you a gap register and a realistic timeline before you commit to an external audit date.
A customer, board, insurer or procurement process needs credible evidence of security.
C3SA translates requirements into a control inventory, assesses design and operation, assigns owners, closes gaps, organizes evidence and prepares you for independent review.
A requirements-to-controls matrix, gap assessment, remediation plan, evidence register and management-ready status.
A practical guide for organizations preparing for ITSG-33 and Protected B / Medium-integrity security requirements.
