My thoughts? The Canadian guidance (ITSAP.00.041) is a high-level awareness document, useful for non-technical audiences, but insufficient for cybersecurity and IT professionals seeking deep, operational guidance. It's adequate for awareness – It clearly defines generative AI, high-level risks (e.g., hallucinations, bias, misinformation), and broad mitigation strategies.
However, it's weak for practitioners – Lacks specifics on:
- Secure prompt engineering or guardrails
- Detailed threat models (e.g., prompt injection, model poisoning)
- Platform hardening, logging, secure deployment patterns
- Nothing on operationalizing controls or threat detection
For practical, security-heavy GenAI adoption, folks should reference:
- NIST AI RMF + GenAI Profile + Cyber AI Profile
- MITRE SAFE‑AI & ATLAS
- OWASP GenAI Top 10
- CSA Prompt Guardrails
- ISO 42001 (governance)
- EU AI Act (high-risk model requirements)
Just my two-cents.
Cheers!
