# Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification

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## Canada's CPCSC and Bill C-8 are coming. Here's what you need to do.

DevFeed: [Canada's CPCSC and Bill C-8 are coming. Here's what you need to do.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/canada-s-cpcsc-and-bill-c-8-are-coming-here-s-what-you-need-to-do-12917.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/canadas-cpcsc-and-bill-c-8-are-coming-heres-what-you-need-to-do>)

Published: 2026-05-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Critical Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/critical-infrastructure.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>)

Tags: [bill-c-8](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bill-c-8.md>), [canada-cmmc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/canada-cmmc.md>), [canadian-program-for-cyber-security-certification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/canadian-program-for-cyber-security-certification.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard-libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-libraries.md>), [cmmc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cmmc.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [cpcsc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpcsc.md>), [critical-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/critical-infrastructure.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [federal-compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/federal-compliance.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [nist](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nist.md>), [zero-cve-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-cve-containers.md>)

### AI overview

This article explains Canada's Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification (CPCSC) and Bill C-8, focusing on the implications for defence suppliers and organizations in critical infrastructure. It describes the CPCSC as a mandatory cybersecurity certification regime, compares its technical basis with CMMC and NIST Special Publications 800-171 and 800-172, and outlines why organizations should prepare for Level 1 requirements. The article also describes how Chainguard can help Canadian defence suppliers meet those requirements with secure, zero-CVE containers.

### Source excerpt

CPCSC compliance is coming fast. Learn how Chainguard helps Canadian defence suppliers meet Level 1 requirements with secure, zero-CVE containers.