Canadian Digital Adoption Program for Cybersecurity.
Protect your business against cyber threats with support from the Canadian government. Navigate Your Digital Transformation: Secure Up to 90% (max $15,000) Funding with CDAP.
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Cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses has never been more crucial.
Cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses has never been more crucial. With increasing digitalization, cyber threats can have a catastrophic impact on our businesses.
The Canadian government is providing support to help these businesses develop effective, customized cybersecurity programs to protect against digital attacks, ransomware and malware infections.
Nearly a fifth of Canadian businesses were affected by cybersecurity incidents in 2021.
The most common types of incidents were theft of money or ransom demands (7%) and theft of personal or financial data (6%).
More than a third (39%) of Canadian businesses affected by cybersecurity incidents indicated there was no clear reason.
The Canadian Digital Adoption Program (CDAP):
A $4 billion government program designed to help Canadian businesses adopt new digital approaches, including digital marketing tools and secure web tools to prevent cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity Certification in Canada.
The new Canadian Digital Adoption Program offers the opportunity to analyze, investigate and create a specific roadmap to implement the digital tools necessary to obtain Canadian Cybersecurity certification. The objectives of CyberSecure Canada certification are.
- Limit the impacts of cyber incidents.
- Reassure your customers and investors that their information is protected.
- Improve your cybersecurity knowledge.
- Strengthen your competitive advantage and attract new business.
- Increase consumer confidence in online transactions.
- Provide a detailed plan to obtain CyberSecure Canada certification.
Steps to apply to CDAP.
1Apply for the CDAP program and choose your digital advisor
- Access the CDAP website via the Boost Your Business portal.
- Complete the application and find Roddis Communications as your advisor to help you develop a comprehensive plan and roadmap to becoming Cybersecure Canada certified.
2Audit
- Meet with your team to deeply understand your organization, your goals and how cybersecurity fits into it all.
3Development of recommendations
- Submission of a report based on the full audit, including all recommendations to meet the requirements of the CyberSecure Canada checklist.
4Presentation & Implementation plan
- Providing a plan to accomplish the recommendations, with an estimated timeline, cost, and risk score for each item.
Are you eligible for CDAP.
CDAP grants provide up to 90% funding (or $15,000) for hiring an authorized digital services advisor. This advisor will help your business develop digital technology adoption plans. Additional funds and student internships are available through the program to implement your digital transformation.
Access the CDAP website through the Boost Your Business portal, complete the free digital needs assessment, then the online application to cover up to 90% (max $15,000) of the cost of digital consulting services to develop a digital adoption plan.
