(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) announced on Thursday it has completed its annual Statement on Auditing Standards Number 70 Type II audit for the company’s data centers in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Hong Kong.
This audit closely follows previous audits performed by Verizon Business’ IP Application Hosting Centers (Smart Centers) in Germany, Japan, the US and the UK, and its 15 premium Internet data centers in North America.
Ernst & Young performed the yearly examinations, reviewing control objectives and controls at the company’s managed and Internet colocation data centers. The audit is conducted in compliance with the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, SAS 70 is a widely recognized auditing standard for service organizations such as Verizon Business to demonstrate that they have adequate controls and processes in place.
A SAS 70 examination demonstrates that the independent accounting and auditing firm has examined a service organization’s control objectives and related activities.
Once the SAS 70 examination is completed, a formal report, including the auditor’s opinion, is issued to the organization.
The examination looks at specific areas, including access to facilities, logical access to systems, network services operations, control processes and procedures, and environmental safeguards.
“This certification emphasizes the unsurpassed combination of infrastructure, processes and people that we bring to bear in the delivery of IT and hosting solutions for our customers around the world,” says John Karabin, Verizon Business’ Asia-Pacific regional vice president for global services. “With this industry-recognized audit, we are reinforcing our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and performance to support our customers’ business goals.”
Many data center operators have been announcing the completion of their own SAS 70 audits in recent months.
Last week, data center operator Switch and Data also announced it also recently completed a SAS 70 Type II audit at its Tampa headquarters.
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