Senior expertise for complex work.

Independent advisory across policies and governance, business continuity, knowledge management and procurement with direct principal involvement throughout.

Services

Four areas of deep expertise.

Independent, senior-level advice on the policy, governance, and security challenges that complex organizations can't afford to get wrong — delivered directly by DAVY Communications' principals, from first framing to final defensible document.

01

Enterprise Policy Architecture & Governance

We develop, implement, and defend the policy frameworks and governance structures that help complex organizations operate clearly, consistently, and under scrutiny. From policy hierarchies and ownership models to governance committees and audit readiness, we translate legislation, standards, and audit findings into documents that can be approved, operationalized, and defended.

Policy frameworks Governance committees Audit readiness Executive documents

02

Cybersecurity Policy, IAM & Access Governance

From information security policy to identity, credential and access management (ICAM), PKI modernization, and privileged access management, we translate technical requirements into defensible governance. We bridge cybersecurity practitioners, policy teams, and executives so security decisions are clear, aligned, and ready for review.

IAM / PAM / PKI Cybersecurity policy Access governance Incident response

03

Digital Sovereignty & Data Governance

As data residency, cloud sovereignty, and jurisdictional risk move to the top of the governance agenda, organizations need clear strategies and defensible policy positions. We help you build them — aligning data governance, privacy, and residency requirements with the frameworks and regulations you answer to.

Data residency Cloud sovereignty Privacy compliance PIPEDA · GDPR

04

Post-Quantum Readiness & Cryptographic Governance

Quantum computing will disrupt current encryption standards. Organizations that begin preparing now will be ahead. We help leadership teams assess their exposure, build cryptographic agility into their governance, and develop a practical post-quantum readiness roadmap — briefed in terms executives can act on.

Quantum threat assessment Cryptographic agility PKI modernization Executive briefing

Sectors & Industries

Experience across sectors and jurisdictions.

Engagements spanning federal and provincial government, regulated financial services, healthcare, legal, and international development — the sectors where governance failures carry the highest cost.

Federal Government

Canada · Treasury Board · SSC · HC · IRCC · TC

Financial Services

Banking · Insurance · Mortgage · Trust

Legal & Professional

25+ Toronto-area law firms

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Health Canada · PHAC · Medical Technology

International Development

UNDP · GEF · Multi-country programs

Regulated Enterprise

Telecommunications · Technology · Insurance

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Whether you need a policy framework, a cybersecurity governance review, or executive-ready documentation — let's talk.

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01

Policies & Governance

We develop, update and defend enterprise policies, procedures and governance frameworks that reflect how organizations actually operate and stand up to regulatory, audit, client and operational scrutiny. Our work spans corporate and enterprise policy, data governance, privacy, information security, cybersecurity, identity and access governance, third-party risk, artificial intelligence and records management. We also help clients respond to information-security audits, cyber-insurance reviews, client security questionnaires and due-diligence requests.

Data governance Information security Third-party risk Records management

02

Business Continuity

We help organizations prepare for disruption, maintain critical operations and recover effectively when unexpected events occur. Our work includes business continuity policies and programs, business impact assessments, risk assessments, continuity and recovery plans, disaster recovery, incident and crisis response, emergency planning, tabletop exercises, training and supporting procedures.

Business impact assessment Continuity & recovery planning Incident & crisis response Tabletop exercises

03

Knowledge Management

We help organizations identify, capture, retain and share the knowledge they cannot afford to lose. Our work is particularly valuable where organizations face key-person dependency, retirement, organizational change, turnover, complex processes or knowledge concentrated in a small number of subject-matter experts.

Knowledge capture Key-person dependency Retirement & turnover Complex processes

04

Procurement Advisory

We provide senior procurement support across the procurement lifecycle for public- and private-sector organizations undertaking complex purchases, technology procurements and competitive sourcing initiatives. Our work includes procurement strategy and planning, requirements, RFx development, statements of work, evaluation methodologies, vendor assessment and selection, negotiations, procurement governance and implementation support.

Procurement Strategy & Planning RFx Development & Evaluation Vendor Assessment & Selection RFP / RFx Response Support

How We Work

Experienced consultants. Direct involvement.

Our engagements are led and delivered by experienced consultants who work directly with client leadership, subject-matter experts and delivery teams. Depending on the assignment, we can lead the work, supplement an existing team, provide an independent perspective, or step into a complex or time-sensitive initiative that benefits from experienced hands.

Client Sectors

Across sectors, jurisdictions and industries.

DAVY Communications works with organizations operating in complex, regulated and highly accountable environments. Our experience is particularly deep in banking and financial services, the public sector and legal and professional services, with additional experience across technology, healthcare and international organizations.

Banking, Insurance & Financial Services

Banking · Insurance · Mortgage Insurance · Trust & Fiduciary Services

Public Sector Organizations & Agencies

Federal · Provincial · Municipal · Crown Corporations · Public Agencies

Legal & Professional Services

Dozens of Toronto law firms · Professional Services · Consulting & Advisory Organizations

Technology & Regulated Enterprise

Technology · Telecommunications · Energy · Infrastructure · Regulated Organizations

Healthcare & Health Technology

Government Health · Medical Technology · Medical Informatics · Healthcare Services

International & Multilateral Organizations

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · Multi-country Programs · International Initiatives

Different environments. Different challenges. The common thread is complex work that requires experienced judgment, clear documentation and practical solutions.

Have a complex assignment you need help moving forward?

Whether you need policies or procedures developed, a business continuity program strengthened, critical knowledge captured, a procurement moved forward, or help responding to an information-security review, we can help.

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GOVERNANCE: Through Policy Development and Stewardship
Strong Governance enhances organizational effectiveness by aligning policy development, business continuity planning, and compliance frameworks to proactively manage risk, ensure resilience, and support informed decision-making.
Corporate PoliciesBusiness continuity
KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge Identification, Retention, and Sharing
Knowledge identification, retention, and sharing are vital aspects of any organization's knowledge management strategy.
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PROCUREMENT: Procurement Advisory Services
Procurement Advisory Services refer to specialized consulting and strategic guidance we provide to our clients to optimize and enhance their procurement processes and practices.
Procurement AdvisoryRFP Response PreparationVendor Selection
What We’re Working On
(Q3/Q4 – 2023 Highlights)
POLICIES: Development and Defense of Corporate and IT/IS/Cybersecurity Policies and Procedures
Cyber Security Posture: Development of an inventory of cyber control gaps, development of up to 20 information security policies aligned in principle to ISO 27001 for internal use, and development of a cyber governance assurance package for external use for our Canadian B2B risk and insurance client.
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‍Information Security Policies: Development of information security policies for various Toronto legal clients and managed IT service providers.

‍Business Impact Assessment, Information Security Procedures, and Business Continuity: Development and summary of business impact assessments and business continuity readiness for a Canadian private default mortgage provider.
KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge Identification, Retention, and Sharing
IAM Procedures: Development of Identity and Access Management (IAM) procedures for more than 250 applications for an international company that provides practice management solutions for legal professionals that describe enabling user access permissions, providing application functionality, and disabling user access.

‍Business Case: Development of a Business Case for a unique software solution(s) that would output content from a database into a configurable format with features, benefits, recommended options, and costs, including ongoing maintenance, flexibility, scalability, update frequency, etc., and address functional and non-functional requirements for an Ontario public sector organization.

‍User Manuals: Development of client-facing user manuals for the Canadian division of a global secure printing company.
PROCUREMENT: Procurement Advisory Services
Rapid RFP Turnaround: A special resource services company received notification of a government RFP issued only seven days before the procurement closed.  Our task required a quick turnaround of the development of content, gathering and bundling supporting information, the inclusion of the response content into the procurement template, and preparation of documents for submission.

‍Ontario Public Sector: We are supplying procurement advisory services to government departments for IT services and goods.  The advice and services are required to expedite online access to the many needed public services.

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