Compliance & Data Protection
Securing the platform that secures the municipality
The Civic Cybersecurity Platform doesn't just protect municipal operations — it protects itself with the same zero-trust architecture it enforces across the entire Civic suite. Defence-in-depth from code to cloud.
Canadian Municipal Compliance
Municipal & Provincial Regulations
Purpose-built for Canadian municipalities, with full alignment to federal, provincial, and municipal legislation governing public-sector data management.
Ontario
Full compliance with Ontario's municipal privacy legislation — personal information protection, access request management, data minimization, breach notification procedures, information commissioner oversight, and retention/disposal schedules. The platform enforces MFIPPA requirements across all Civic modules through DLP policies, classification controls, and automated audit trails.
Federal
Federal privacy legislation compliance for municipalities engaged in commercial activities — consent management, purpose limitation, transparency, individual access, data accuracy, safeguards, and accountability. Cross-jurisdictional privacy protection across all platform modules.
Ontario
Platform accessibility compliance ensuring security interfaces meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards — keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, colour contrast, focus management, alternative text, and accessible security training content. Accessibility monitoring of all Civic modules.
International
Level 1 PCI DSS compliance for municipalities processing property tax payments, utility bills, and recreation fees — network segmentation, encryption, access control, vulnerability management, monitoring, and annual assessment. Centralized PCI scope management for all Civic payment modules.
International
SOC 2 Type II compliance across Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy trust service criteria. Continuous monitoring replaces point-in-time assessments. Automated evidence collection across all five principles.
International
Implementation Group 2 (IG2) alignment with CIS Controls v8 — asset management, data protection, secure configuration, account management, access control, continuous vulnerability management, audit log management, email/web browser protections, malware defences, and incident response.
Federal
Alignment with the Government of Canada Cloud Security Guardrails for Protected B workloads — identity management, MFA enforcement, logging and monitoring, encryption, network segmentation, and data residency. Applicable to municipalities adopting cloud-first strategies.
“Compliance is not a feature we bolted on after launch — it is the architectural foundation every line of code is written against. Canadian municipalities deserve a platform that treats their legislative obligations as first-class requirements.”
Civic Engineering
· Platform Architecture TeamRegulatory Compliance
Industry Frameworks
Beyond municipal legislation, satisfies internationally recognized compliance frameworks.
Full MITRE ATT&CK framework integration for threat classification, detection rule mapping, coverage gap analysis, and adversary emulation. All SIEM alerts tagged with ATT&CK technique IDs for standardized analysis.
- Threat Classification
- Detection Rule Mapping
- Coverage Gap Analysis
- Adversary Emulation
- SIEM Alert Tagging
NIST CSF alignment across all five functions — Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover. Maturity assessment against each function and category. Used as the foundation for security posture scoring.
- Identify
- Protect
- Detect
- Respond
- Recover
ISO 27001:2022 alignment supporting municipalities pursuing formal certification. Statement of Applicability (SoA) mapping, risk assessment methodology, control implementation evidence, and continuous improvement tracking.
- Statement of Applicability
- Risk Assessment
- Control Implementation
- Continuous Improvement
Provincial cyber security framework alignment designed specifically for Ontario public sector organizations. Covers governance, risk management, identity, infrastructure security, incident response, and business continuity.
- Governance
- Risk Management
- Identity
- Infrastructure Security
- Incident Response
- Business Continuity
Data Sovereignty
Canadian Data Sovereignty
All security data — logs, alerts, threat intelligence, compliance evidence, forensic artifacts, and security configuration — remains within Canadian borders. The source code licence model ensures the municipality controls where data is stored and processed.
Hosting
Canadian Only
Centres
3 Redundant
Encryption
AES-256
Sovereignty
PIPEDA / MFIPPA
Platform Security
Security Capabilities
Click any capability to explore the technical details behind each security layer.
Auditability
Audit Trail Features
Every action is logged, timestamped, and immutable — providing the complete audit trail required by provincial legislation and municipal accountability standards.
Tamper-evident audit trail with cryptographic hash chaining
Minimum 7-year log retention (MFIPPA compliant)
Real-time compliance monitoring with drift detection
Automated evidence collection for 6 compliance frameworks
Auditor portal with read-only access (no operational exposure)
Privacy impact assessment (PIA/DPIA) workflow automation
IPC submission tracking with deadline management
Annual security incident report auto-generation for council