We believe in CSOs and CISOs as strategic enablers

 

From the day security leaders join the board of directors, it can take time before they are no longer seen as a simple cost center. While interpersonal skills are important for expanding their influence, they must consistently demonstrate how their initiatives align with the organization’s strategy and contribute to revenue growth and sustainability. On one hand, they need to lead regulatory compliance, risk management, and policy development and enforcement. On the other, they must support continuous monitoring and reporting, incident detection and response, and training and awareness programs that strengthen the organization’s resilience. This is key to earning the trust of every board member as a strategic enabler.

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We believe in CSOs and CISOs as strategic enablers

Enhancing your organization's resilience against cyber threats

 

CGI has been providing cybersecurity consulting and delivering managed services to public and private sector clients across Canada and globally for over four decades. Our proximity model enables us to work closely with any organization, in full confidentiality and at your convenience.

Cybersecurity in Canada is about balancing business alignment with talent shortage, limited budgets and resources and an evolving threat landscape

 

Reaping the benefits of the cloud without sacrificing your data privacy
  • Multi-cloud environments support innovation by providing organizations with the flexibility to leverage diverse cloud services, enabling faster development, deployment and scaling of modern solutions.
  • However, they also introduce complexities in managing security—especially when on-premises infrastructure and IoT or edge devices are integrated—as misconfigurations can lead to significant vulnerabilities, including unauthorized access and data breaches.
  • Additionally, the use of multiple identities to access systems can complicate identity management, increasing the potential for security gaps and administrative overhead.
  • CGI helps you address these challenges through robust security strategies and careful management to ensure the protection of both your digital and physical assets.

How to secure multicloud environments

Staying alert against Canadian’s top threat: ransomware
  • The Government of Canada’s National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026 highlights ransomware as the top cybercrime threat in the country—disrupting essential services, targeting critical infrastructure, and resulting in billions of dollars lost, reputational damage and both physical and emotional distress.
  • While tools are essential to counter the growing use of Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) toolkits sold on the dark web and combined with social engineering techniques, user education remains critical to keeping your organization safe from malicious actors.
  • CGI experts have extensive experience in combating ransomware, including incident response and user awareness.

How CGI delivers incident response

Combining efforts to secure IT and OT together
  • A comprehensive security strategy that includes both IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) is critical for maintaining operational resilience and protecting against cyber threats. In Canada, organizations face unique OT challenges, such as legacy or intellectual property (IP) systems that are difficult to update and the need for clear definitions and responsibilities.
  • Moreover, the high cost of data breaches and increasing regulatory requirements add to the complexity of securing these environments.
  • CGI supports multiple organizations, including municipalities, manufacturers and energy companies, in mitigating risks and safeguarding operations from cyber threats.

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Mitigating risks of supply chain attacks
  • When it comes to security, the same risks apply whether you’re a global software vendor or an organization running IP solutions developed in-house.
  • Threat actors aim for widespread harm by exploiting vulnerabilities introduced through third-party vendors to inject malware into legitimate software, hardware or outsourced solutions.
  • To prevent malicious actors from compromising your IP supply chain and accessing sensitive data or gaining control of your infrastructure, CGI can help you build a comprehensive security strategy, including rigorous code auditing, secure software development practices (such as DevSecOps) and strong access controls across the development pipeline.

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AI: the good, the bad, and the ugly
  • Artificial intelligence has made its way into the cybersecurity realm as both as a powerful tool and a potential threat.
  • When used for good, AI assists security experts with tasks such as advanced network vulnerability assessments, enabling them to discover and fix gaps more efficiently (up to 55% faster in Canada, according to an IDC report published in 2024).
  • In the hands of bad actors, however, AI can make malware more powerful, allowing it to dynamically adapt to its environment to avoid detection or carry out brute force attacks.
  • Experts from our Cybersecurity Innovation Lab and Center of Excellence are closely monitoring the rise in sophisticated phishing campaigns, noting how AI is being used to craft convincing, personalized messages, as well as deepfake audio and video to impersonate executives in targeted scams.

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Cybersecurity in Canada is about balancing business alignment with talent shortage, limited budgets and resources and an evolving threat landscape

CGI supports Canadian public and private organizations with services ranging from strategic advisory and architecture and engineering to managed services and incident response

With four decades of active, end-to-end strategic
Security is a key pilar of our Management Framework
CGI was named a Leader in Canadian security services
CGI is a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Alliance (MISA)
With over four decades of active, end-to-end strategic consulting and delivery, CGI fuels innovation through the Cybersecurity Innovation Lab and 24/7 Security Operations Centers. Security is a key pilar of our Management Framework.CGI counts more than 150 alliances and third-party vendors, along with more than 10,500 partner certifications globally, including with major security OEMs. CGI was named a Leader in Canadian security services in 2022 and a Major Player in Canadian managed detection and response services in 2024 by IDC MarketScape. CGI is a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Alliance (MISA), holds verified MXDR solution status, and was a finalist for the MISA award in 2024 in the Endpoint Management Trailblazer category.
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Why consider a security consulting firm or service provider?

Assess risk

Assess and prioritize risk based on specific business, risk and compliance context.

Develop security strategy

Develop a robust cybersecurity strategy for your organization that will allow you to build cyber resiliency and protect business value.

Manage cyber threats and risks

Create a program for managing cyber-risks, including identifying automated and intelligent tools that can improve monitoring, incident identification and response.

Enhance governance and compliance

Improve governance to ensure sensitive information is protected, adhere to compliance requirements and limit risks.

Protect your business

Embrace a ‘security first’ approach within your operations and test its ongoing effectiveness.

Define security Architecture & engineering requirements

Identify the architecture and engineering activities needed to create an agile cybersecurity approach aligned with your objectives.

Secure engineering & enabling technologies

Identify, secure and implement the most appropriate cybersecurity solutions and tools for your organization in order to protect your business value.

Conduct testing & assurance

Develop and implement a testing and assurance program to ensure protection remains robust, identify gaps and weaknesses, and help guide your future cybersecurity investments.

Operate with confidence

Monitor, prevent, contain and respond to security attacks in a reliable and cost-effective way

Undertake incident response & forensics

Create a robust approach for managing incidents and conducting forensics so that you can continually enhance your cybersecurity activities.

Run your security operations

Draw on CGI’s pool of cybersecurity professionals to support your security operations through a Managed Security Service – including activities like protective monitoring (industry-standard Security Incident Event Monitoring/SIEM), identity and access management, managed detection and response (MDR), pro-active threat hunting, advanced threat intelligence (ATI) and forensics, and intelligent security operations centers (SOCs).

Conduct cyber threat intelligence

Undertake proactive risk assessment and threat intelligence in order to identify, understand and proactively position for emerging cyber threats.

 

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