Regulators set expectations for cybersecurity, disclosure, and incident management. Aligning those expectations with consistent practices across regulators and self regulatory organizations is an important next step.

My latest Intelligence Memo for the C.D. Howe Institute provides recommendations on how to implement clear, consistent practices that reinforce confidence in supervisory frameworks and help translate expectations into action.

Fragmented, growing regulation is raising financial industry costs, pricing many Canadians out of personalized financial advice. This paper analyzes the link between cumulative and uncoordinated regulation and a widened “advice gap” in Canada. The paper recommends a framework that maintains strong consumer protections but also fosters accessibility, scalability, and innovation.

Golfdale partnered with Security Compass to gather input from senior managers and leaders across major US agencies, including Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense. Their insights highlight the pressure to modernize secure development and ATO workflows, the gaps that slow progress and where agencies are concentrating investment.

Golfdale was commissioned by Security Compass to examine how companies that produce software are integrating AI models, weighing their risks, and shaping secure development practices. Insights were garnered from 200 executives and managers in large software-producing companies across the US, UK, and Canada.

Golfdale was commissioned to provide comprehensive surveying and interactive reporting for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s flagship annual publication, the Ontario Economic Report. This marked the fifth year of our involvement in delivering the province’s most widely referenced business outlook.

The leading software provider of Environment, Health, Safety, and Quality Management, Intelex Technologies, commissioned the author to investigate the data on events leading up to workplace safety incidents. This White Paper showcases key insights. Companies that go the extra distance of recording “near misses” had occupational safety ratings up to 3 times better than those that did not.