EasyStreet is proud to announce announced the successful completion of our SAS 70 Type II audit.
Why is this important to EasyStreet customers?
Today, companies need to be assured that their service providers have implemented controls over security, information technology and related business processes. This SAS 70 audit means that an expert CPA firm has evaluated and tested the internal controls governing EasyStreet’s colocation facilities — and has verified that they have operated effectively over time.
Obviously, this is an important accomplishment for EasyStreet, but it also has benefits for companies who choose to co-locate at our data center. By extension, our SAS 70 audit lets you:
- Address compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, FDA 21 CFR Part 11 or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- Save the cost of doing your own audits. For example, sharing a copy of the SAS 70 report from EasyStreet with your PCI or CISP provider can often reduce your costs for those audits.
- Ensure your SaaS offering has a strong system of internal controls for safeguarding sensitive data.
- Create a strategic advantage by using a SAS 70 audited provider. (Having an audited data center may be required for you to win clients in certain regulated industries.)
- Trust in the critical components of your IT infrastructure, such as security, redundancy and reliability.
Our President and CEO, Rich Bader, said, “This is a critical milestone in EasyStreet’s evolution. I knew our processes, people and internal controls were sound, and we now have third-party verification to further instill confidence in our services. I’m proud — but not surprised — that we were able to pass on our first audit.”
EasyStreet’s SAS 70 audit was conducted by Linford & Company LLP of Denver, Colorado.
For more information, read EasyStreet’s SAS 70 FAQ page here.
Informative articles about why SAS 70 is important can be found at TechNewsWorld and Online Tech Blog.
A tableful of EasyStreet staffers just returned from a Portland Business Journal luncheon recognizing the state’s Most Admired Companies for 2009. EasyStreet was fortunate to be eighth on the list of ten technology companies so honored. We’d like to congratulate our customers who also received this distinction:
- AKT LLP (Steve Tatone was the top CEO in the Professional Services group.)
- Albina Community Bank
- The Collins Companies
- Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
- Intel Corp. (Named top Technology company.)
- Leatherman Tool Group Inc.,
- Mercy Corps (Named top Nonprofit organization.)
- Miller Nash LLP
- Oregon Health & Science University (Named top Health Care organization.)
- PacTrust
- Reser’s Fine Foods Inc. (Al Reser was the top CEO in the Agriculture and Forest Products group.)
You can click here to read more about this prestigious award and the other fine Oregon companies that achieved it this year.
Imagine an OHN-member hospital in Wallowa having a video consultation with a doctor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. Suddenly there is a network problem and the connection is lost. A Network Management System alerts the technicians at the OHN Network Operations Center (NOC), located at EasyStreet Online Services, and they work with the service providers on both ends of the connection to get the problem resolved as quickly as possible.
The state’s first broadband telehealth network has become a reality and this accomplishment was celebrated at EasyStreet on Friday, December 4. Nearly 75 stakeholders were in attendance and, as the saying goes, “a good time was had by all.”
OHN is a non-profit organization comprising healthcare, technology and telecommunications experts gathered together to create the first broadband telehealth network in Oregon. A membership-based organization, OHN strives to connect and serve all organizations and partner communities (providers, educators, government and business) who are critical to improving the quality, delivery and access of healthcare education for all Oregonians, regardless of location.
You can read more about the technology behind the telehealth network here.
Or read the full press release here.
It’s time for the Carefree Commuter Challenge, so EasyStreet employees are making sure we take a few extra bike trips as we participate. EasyStreet’s Co-Founder, VP of Customer Services and dedicated cyclist, John Beaston, recently pulled together our first group bike ride. (Unfortunately, a few of our dedicated riders were out of the office!) You can see the 7.5-mile route we pedaled here. Another trip — this time a lunch excursion along the Fanno Creek Greenway at a little over 11 miles — is planned for next week.
Bob Heye, a reporter for local ABC channel KATU called earlier this week to ask if EasyStreet could help their viewers learn about the importance of securing their Wi-Fi networks. So after a bit of encouragement from his manager, EasyStreet Tech Extraordinaire, Kenny Payne, came to the rescue. (Along with our other technical staff, Kenny is well versed about all things Internet.)
Below is a picture from one of our many security cameras showing Kenny being taped by the news crew. (Don’t even try to access our secure data center without being caught!)
You can view the entire resulting news story, “Is your wireless network a public porn gateway?,” including Kenny’s words of wisdom, here.
