SAS70 Type II compliant colo providers - Chicago, IL

Wed Sep 23 00:50:28 UTC 2009

Yes, but with PCI compliance the powers that be (credit card
companies) can actually fine you big bucks for being non-compliant.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=pci+compliance+fines&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1g-m1

http://www.pcicomplianceguide.org/pcifaqs.php#11

Cheers,
Jayfar

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Jeffrey Lyon
<jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net> wrote:
> People buy SAS 70 compliant anything just because it's the latest
> buzzword, kind of like PCI compliance.
>
> Jeff
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> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM, John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> wrote:
>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Andy Ashley wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would really appreciate any recommendations for SAS70 Type II compliant
>>> colocation providers in Chicago, IL
>>
>> Andy -
>>
>>   As an FYI, SAS 70 Type II compliance means whatever that provider's "SAS
>> 70 Type II" audit document states for controls, i.e. there is no specific
>> requirements associated with SAS 70 Type II, only that you publish a
>> documented set of management and security controls and then are audited for
>> compliance against that list.  That may not be realized by the folks who've
>> sent you to go get SAS 70 Type II compliant hosting, but is something that
>> you probably want to keep in mind since little items like generators and
>> door locks aren't necessarily included.
>>
>> /John
>>
>>
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