(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hosted communications provider and data center operator LightEdge Solutions (www.lightedge.com) announced on Monday that it has completed the SAS 70 Type II audit of its data center controls and practices.
According to the announcement, the audit was performed by SAS70 Solutions, an independent certified public accounting firm specializing in SAS 70 services.
Along with the SAS 70 audit, LightEdge says its hosting infrastructure and data centers are compliant with the demands of Sarbanes-Oxley, the 2002 federal law that, among other things, imposes strict requirements on the treatment and storage of data relating to financial information and public companies.
The SAS 70 audit itself, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants also addresses the requirements financial institutions as a group place on their service providers.
“As the host to more than 125 financial institutions, we feel that it is our obligation to provide the highest level security for our hosting infrastructure and data centers,” says Travis Thompson, vice president of engineering for LightEdge, quoted in the press release. “The SAS-70 Type II audit report undertaken by LightEdge provides independent verification and documentation that will greatly benefit customers that are affected by Sarbanes-Oxley or other regulations.”
LightEdge says its data centers in Des Moines, Altoona and Minneapolis were verified by the auditor for physical security, environmental security, computer operations, computer maintenance, logical security and customer provisioning.
A discussion of the relevance of the SAS 70 audit is available on a SAS-70-specific section of the LightEdge website.
Also on Monday, Canadian web hosting provider iWeb posted a blog entry that included a video offering some consumer-oriented information on the value of the SAS 70 audit.
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Liam Eagle has worked as a contributor to the Web Host Industry Review since its inception in 2000, and as editor since 2003. He has been editor of the WHIR's print magazine since its launch. His daily involvement in the gathering and reporting of Web hosting news and his regular interaction with Web hosting leaders gives him an uncommonly broad appreciation of the issues and tends facing the business. Through his WHIR blog, Liam spots Web hosting trends and offers opinions on the industry-wide impacts of major developments and the motivation behind big announcements. Follow him on Twitter @liameagle
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