[117648] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SAS70 Type II compliant colo providers - Chicago, IL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Lyon)
Tue Sep 22 20:18:26 2009
In-Reply-To: <54FF0D32-F131-45A0-89F0-D67C00922A10@istaff.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:17:43 -0400
From: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net>
To: John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
People buy SAS 70 compliant anything just because it's the latest
buzzword, kind of like PCI compliance.
Jeff
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM, John Curran <jcurran@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 complian=
t
>> colocation providers in Chicago, IL
>
> Andy -
>
> =A0 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 f=
or
> compliance against that list. =A0That may not be realized by the folks wh=
o've
> sent you to go get SAS 70 Type II compliant hosting, but is something tha=
t
> you probably want to keep in mind since little items like generators and
> door locks aren't necessarily included.
>
> /John
>
>
>
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