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Steadfast Networks Cloud Platform Passes SOC Audits
05 August 2011
Steadfast Networks confirms SOC 2 and SOC 3 audits that have been completed on its public cloud services.
The company determines that Service Organization Control Reports 2 and 3 (SOC 2 and SOC 3 respectively) were issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) initially this year, framed to replace the past guidelines set up by SAS 70 auditing. SOC 2 and SOC 3 audits both enable third party auditors to inspect the allegations made by the company for the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy of its systems. These guidelines were put in place to finally allow clients, reassuring them that service providers can provide the promises they make. By successfully achieving SOC 2 and SOC 3 compliance, the Cloud Platform of the company opens the path among similar solutions and, at the time of this release, is truly unique among the services of public cloud hosting.
Later on, it says that its Cloud platform is a carbon neutral solution that utilizes Xen virtual machines over OnApp cloud platform to allow independent Virtual Machines on shared hardware. Holding overhead down and passing savings to consumers, the company allows businesses to increase or decrease their server usage globally while only paying for what they basically use minute-by-minute. It is a solution of an intelligent, well-organized system design and a completely 99.99% Service Level Agreement (SLA) which has to be managed to attain SOC 2 and SOC 3 audits quicker than competitors.
Karl Zimmerman, Steadfast Networks CEO, says "When the Steadfast Cloud Platform started gaining attention, we were all extremely proud at what we have achieved with our cloud hosting services. We worked to develop a cloud hosting solution that was reliable and secure with even the most important of our customers' data. We have been determined to prove to the world just how outstanding our cloud platform is, and this new audit certifies us as compliant with the latest SOC 2 and SOC 3 standards."
"I'm not aware of any other public cloud systems with a SOC 2 or SOC 3 audit. At Steadfast, we conceived our entire cloud service with security and reliability in mind, implementing policies and practices that ensure complete transparency with our customers. We are committed to seeing businesses grow using our platform and we believe that undertaking these external audits shows that we take security and availability seriously and are doing all we can to make our products secure and reliable," he added.
He said, "Every single day, businesses trust us to deliver their cloud network. They share information with their customers, which needs to be consistently available to ensure the best return on investment. They also share information with colleagues, which may be sensitive, confidential, or mission-critical. That is why we have strived to complete our SOC 2 and SOC 3 audits as soon as possible - to give our customers peace of mind that their information is in safe hands. With SOC 3 documentation being easily understandable by the general public and setting some well-defined standards of data handling and storage, we are more confident than ever that our customers are with the best cloud platform provider in the business."