Six issues. Six solutions. No deadline.
NIS2, DORA, Law 25, SOC 2, targeted ransomware, supply chain, exposed OT/ICS. Six challenges of CISO 2026, addressed by a single platform.
NIS2 is now in effect. DORA is applicable. Law 25 is mandatory. Ransomware doesn't wait.
You have an accelerating regulatory burden, increasingly sophisticated threats, and suppliers whose behavior you don't control. Six overlapping challenges. Six time constraints. A platform designed to address them sequentially, not individually, and demonstrate coverage quickly.
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NIS2 / DORA (EU regulations)
You have European partners or subsidiaries. NIS2 and DORA apply.
NIS2 (implemented nationally since October 2024) mandates security and incident notification requirements. DORA (applicable January 2025) mandates operational resilience for the financial sector, including the management of critical ICT providers. FortaRisks natively covers NIS2 and DORA, mapped to the 1,342 SCF controls and your already validated ISO 27001 controls (typically 87% automatic coverage).
Benefit: NIS2 or DORA audit quickly, without rebuilding your evidence.
2
Bill 25 / PIPEDA (Canada)
Law 25 has been mandatory in Quebec since September 2023. Penalties up to $25 million or 4% of global revenue.
You handle the personal information of Quebec residents. Bill 25 imposes protection obligations, including incident notification within 72 hours and a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). FortaRisks natively covers Bill 25, integrated as a framework within the Posture module, and mapped to PIPEDA and GDPR controls for multi-jurisdictional organizations.
Benefit: demonstrable compliance with Law 25, EFVP generated from assessed controls.
3
SOC 2 / ISO 27001 (US and international customers)
Your clients require certification before signing. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are business prerequisites for selling to US, European, and increasingly Canadian companies. Typical preparation takes 9-12 months with a dedicated team. FortaRisks reduces this timeframe by pooling evidence across frameworks (1,341+ cross-reference mappings), generating audit-ready reports, and tracking the history of each control.
Benefit: SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 ready in 14 weeks, GRC effort reduced by 60%.
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Targeted ransomware
Lockbit. BlackBasta. Cl0p. Akira. Royal. Black Suit. They are not hypothetical.
Targeted ransomware has become the number one threat to Canadian organizations in healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and the public sector. FortaRisks tracks over 1,500 actors, including active ransomware groups by sector, and correlates their TTPs (Time To Promises) with exposed vulnerabilities in your stack and your third-party systems. Detection occurs before encryption, not after.
Benefit: alert on sector-specific ransomware target as soon as the TTP emerges, remediation window preserved.
5
Supply chain / TPRM
30 to 60% of cyber risk comes through your suppliers. How do you monitor it?
Annual questionnaires are no longer sufficient. DORA, NIS2, and OSFI B-13 mandate continuous monitoring of critical service providers. FortaRisks continuously observes the actual posture of your third parties (attack surface, sector-specific CTI signals, alignment with declared frameworks), without requiring initial cooperation from the third party. Benefit: continuous monitoring of 60-100 providers, detection of degradation before an incident.
6
OT/ICS exposed
Is your Siemens PLC visible from the Internet? You probably don't know.
Consumer-grade EASMs do not scan industrial protocols. As a result, your PLCs that are accidentally exposed (due to incorrect NAT configuration, third-party VPN, or oversight after maintenance) remain invisible until an incident occurs. FortaRisks integrates a **native OT/ICS scanner** (Modbus, S7, BACnet, EtherNet/IP, IEC-104, DNP3, OPC UA, Niagara Fox — 15 industrial ports, read-only mode).
Benefit: Exposed automaton detected within 24 hours, demonstrable IEC 62443 / NERC CIP compliance.
Six challenges. Six critical paths.
Here is the typical trajectory for each issue, from day 0 to the hedging demonstration.
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NIS2 / DORA
Import of existing ISO 27001 controls, automatic mapping to NIS2 and DORA. Evidence-based gap assessment (typically 13%). Remediation of priority gaps. Generation of the audit-ready report.
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Law 25
Import of the personal information processing register. Assessment of controls under Bill 25 (chapters 2, 3, 4). Generation of the Privacy Impact Assessment. Deployment of 72-hour incident response plans.
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SOC 2 Type II
Import of SOC 2 controls (Trust Services Criteria: Security, Availability, Confidentiality). Comprehensive assessment with evidence collection. Gap remediation. Ready for Phase I, 6-month observation for Phase II.
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Targeted ransomware
Activation of watchlists by TTP (Terror Threat Protection) targeting specific ransomware actors. Enhancement via your Action Feed. Continuous monitoring with Slack/Teams alerts on targeted TTP emergence. No implementation delay: value starts immediately.
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Supply chain / TPRM
Import of the critical third-party list (CSV). Automatic discovery of their external surface and collection of CTI signals. Initial scoring per third party, decomposition by dimension. Ongoing monitoring. For 60 third parties: complete coverage in 5 days.
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OT/ICS exposed
Validation of the authorized industrial IP scope for scanning. Configuration of exclusions (highly sensitive PLCs, active production periods). Initial OT scan in read-only mode, identification of exposed PLCs. Outgoing webhooks to Slack/Teams for continuous monitoring.
Most Canadian CISOs face three or four simultaneous challenges: SOC 2 for US clients, NIS2 for EU partners, Bill 25 for Quebec operations, and supply chain management for critical suppliers. With FortaRisks, this combination becomes an advantage, not a multiplication of effort.