[117649] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SAS70 Type II compliant colo providers - Chicago, IL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Farrell)
Tue Sep 22 20:51:42 2009
In-Reply-To: <16720fe00909221717k60ad8909yda25a461e0d2c6f8@mail.gmail.com>
From: Jay Farrell <jayfar@jayfar.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:50:28 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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=3Den&source=3Dhp&q=3Dpci+compliance+fines&a=
q=3Df&oq=3D&aqi=3Dg1g-m1
http://www.pcicomplianceguide.org/pcifaqs.php#11
Cheers,
Jayfar
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Jeffrey Lyon
<jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net> wrote:
> 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 complia=
nt
>>> 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 specifi=
c
>> 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. =A0That may not be realized by the folks w=
ho've
>> sent you to go get SAS 70 Type II compliant hosting, but is something th=
at
>> you probably want to keep in mind since little items like generators and
>> door locks aren't necessarily included.
>>
>> /John
>>
>>
>>
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