Helping you buy Canadian in our Digital Landscape
Do you want to support the Canadian economy in your software and online service purchasing? We are here to help you navigate this, and provide options that meet the goals of your organization.
Data Sovereignty is a growing concern for organizations in Canada. Reclaim control of your data. Know where it is and when it crosses international borders. Which governments have authority to access your data?
True North
CanShield Digital is a 100% Canadian company, and we are proud to offer a full range of digital consulting and solutions. Do you know where your data is located and where it moves? Choosing Canadian alternatives for your data protects you from foreign government surveillance.
Strong and Free
Many Canadians are choosing to buy local to strengthen our economy. Our nation is home to many successful technology companies, and impressive technical talent. Yet so much of our money goes to the tech giants south of us. Let's work together to build an even stronger Canada with a strategy that keeps our data and our money in our country.
From far and wide
All our data connections are a lot to think about. There are many sources and companies to consider. Here is a list to help start thinking about your data that might reside outside Canada or could be regularly crossing our borders.
Google Docs
This powerful suite of tools allows live collaboration. Data is controlled by Google and location is unknown.
Microsoft 365
Data residency is possible but your money is supporting big U.S. tech. There are alternatives.
Slack
Are your conversations private? Canadian secure alternatives are available.
CSPs
If using a Cloud Service Providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), encryption in transit and at rest is critical. Ultimate risk avoidance is to choose a Canadian CSP.
Private Git
GitHub/GitLab private repositories but operated by U.S. tech companies.
Dropbox
User-friendly file synchronization, with your data crossing the border. Canadian alternatives ready to go.
Scheduling
Your booking software takes personal information and stores it.
Public
For public content, privacy might not be a factor. But supporting Canadian can still play a role, plus avoiding another governemnt's whim to take down information online.
Custom
Data comes in all shapes and sizes. Contact us to discuss how we can form a strategy together that matches the goals of your organization.
Q&A
Data Sovereignty raises many questions. Please contact us if you have any other questions not listed here.
Contact usWe use various digital SaaS products but we want to support Canadian economy. What can we do?
Move strategically. Start by listening to the people in your organization and those you serve. CanShield Digital can help you form a techinical strategy and make meaningful steps toward the goals you define.
I'm concerned about the risk of my data being in the USA. Can you help us?
Our mission it to help people make sure their data is securely located in Canada, and controlled by Canadian companies. We specialize in system migrations and can walk you through the options available.
Do you provide Drupal, Wordpress, or similar website hosting?
Yes! We provide 100% Canadian value-added hosting services. We support a wide range of systems, including Drupal, Wordpress, Astro, and can plan and implement your system migration with zero downtime.
Will it cost more to migrate to an alternative?
Well, it depends. Everyone's situation is different. Costs for migrating, monthly/annual costs changes. non-monetary costs: in UX, features. But some might find savings and better / more features.
CanShield Digital is new, but is built on decades of web infrastructure experience and we specialize in systems migrations, data migrations, cloud migrations, website and database hosting, and other digital services. Need a custom solution? We have software development capabilities in a range of programming languages. We provide technical strategies that are successful alternatives to typical big-tech options.
Contact us to learn more and start your data move to a stronger Canadian digital economy.
