SAS-70 Type II Certification

Superb Internet has successfully passed a SAS 70 Type II audit on September 30th 2010.  An independent auditing service examined the business processes, and policies in place at Superb Internet and HopOne Internet from January 1, 2010 to  September 30, 2010.

What is SAS 70?

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA) developed a set of guidelines for evaluating service organizations. These guidelines are called the Statement of Auditing Standards Number 70 (SAS 70). An independent service auditor provides an extensive assessment of the service organizations’ control objectives, safeguards and other activities. Their audit report is called a SAS 70 report.

A SAS 70 report is beneficial to both the service organization and its clients because it demonstrates that the service organization has implemented effective control objects and activities. The SAS 70 report can aid the service organizations’ clients in completing their own financial audits.

In the hosting and colocation industries, the SAS 70 report is important for companies who are relying more and more on outsourced hosting and colocation services. The SAS 70 report allows hosting and colocation companies to complete one report that all of their clients can use.

Why is SAS 70 important to our clients?

Passing the SAS 70 audit benefits Superb Internet as well as our colocation and dedicated server clients. Many of our clients are institutional organizations and publicly traded companies who must comply with security requirements such as Sarbanex-Oxley. Those clients can use the audit report for their specific security requirements.

Benefits include:

• Satisfies many requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley
• Helpful sales tool for our clients to use for their customers
• Useful for start-ups looking for venture capital, which often have security requirements

SAS 70 Type II audit is largely concerned with:

• Control environment
• Physical Security
• Environmental Security
• Availability
• Operations

If you have questions about SAS 70 or would like to purchase a copy of the audit, please email Sales@superb.net. Achieving SAS 70 certification is an expensive and lengthy process which can cost your organization $10,000s and 9 months for auditors to complete their audit. A copy of our completed SAS 70 Type II audit will save you time and money so don't hesitate to contact us. For more information on SAS 70 Type II visit here.