SSAE 16 is an attestation standard issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that reports on Springs Hosting controls supporting the services provided to customers. Springs Hosting management has developed internal control objectives to support state-of-the-art data center management services that were used to complete the examination. Companies that are compliant-sensitive and may require an SSAE 16 Type II include publicly-traded enterprises, financial firms, and healthcare organizations. The SSAE 16 Type II examination report includes management’s description of Springs Hosting’s systems and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls.

What is SSAE 16 Type II examination?

In 1992, the AICPA developed a set of guidelines for evaluating service organizations known as the SAS 70. The SSAE 16 is an enhancement to the SAS 70 and went into effect in June of 2011. The changes made to the standard will bring the US companies up to date with new international service organization reporting standards, the ISAE 3402.

A SSAE 16 report, also known as a SOC-1 (Service Organization Control) 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 SSAE 16 report can aid the service organization’s clients in completing their own financial audits.

Within the managed hosting and managed services industries, the SSAE 16 Type II report is important for companies who rely on outsourced hosting and data center services. The SSAE 16 report allows hosting companies and data centers to complete one report that all customers use.

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On February 6, 2013, Springs Hosting successfully completed a Statement for Attestation Engagements No. 16 (SSAE 16) Type II audit formerly known as the SAS 70 audit for the second year. The American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA) replaced the SAS 70 with the SSAE 16.

An independent service auditor examined the policies and procedures and business processes in place at Springs Hosting from February 1, 2012 – January 31, 2013. “Having gone through this last year, we were much more prepared for all the reports that needed to be generated and the work that was to be performed.”, said Jeremy Keefe, CIO “Springs Hosting is proud to have successfully completed the SSAE 16 Type II audit for the second year. The audit continues to benefit many of our customers that are publicly traded companies and institutional organizations that must comply with additional security requirements. The SSAE 16 audit is also a helpful sales tool for our clients to use for their customers and can be useful for start-ups looking for venture capital, which often has security requirements.”

What is SSAE 16 Type II (Formerly known as SAS 70)?

In 1992, the AICPA developed a set of guidelines for evaluating service organizations known as the SAS 70. The SSAE 16 is an enhancement to the SAS 70 and went into effect in June of 2011. The changes made to the standard will bring the US companies up to date with new international service organization reporting standards, the ISAE 3402.

A SSAE 16 report, also known as a SOC-1 (Service Organization Control) 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 SSAE 16 report can aid the service organization’s clients in completing their own financial audits.

In the hosting and colocation industries, the SSAE 16 report is important for companies who are relying more and more on outsourced hosting and colocation services. The SSAE 16 report allows hosting companies and data centers to complete one report that all their clients can use

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Comcast’s vast and constantly growing footprint spans 29 regional networks in 39 states and includes:

• A enhanced Fiber Optic network, with more than 145,000 miles of fiber, that provides high speed, high quality and high definition services to a number of large companies.
  
• A support structure made up of thousands of professionals with the knowledge and experience to hande any situation
• MEF- certified Carrier Class Ethernet that Delivers standardized, scalable and reliable Metro Ethernet solutions – at a service and hardware level.

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The examination was conducted by an independent service auditor, in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Pulblic Accountants and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about Springs Hosting’s compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures considered necessary in the circumstances. It was deteremined that Springs Hosting complied with the HIPAA regulation in all material respects.

What does HIPAA AT 601 Compliance mean to me?
This compliance ensures to our customers, that Springs Hosting provides a high availability hosting environment to ensure ePHI accessibility as required. Springs Hosting provides a copy of our HROC (HIPAA Report on Compliance) under NDA.

If your company is storing any sensitive patient information or health records, the data center that hosts your data also needs to follow HIPAA compliance. Springs Hosting can providethe  physical, environmental, network and infrastructure security your business needs to protect patient information and meet HIPAA compliance standards. After completing a HIPAA audit by an independent service auditor, it was determined that Springs Hosting is 100% compliant, meaning that we can guarantee our facilities operate and implement HIPAA compliant controls and security measures.

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An independent service auditor examined the policies and procedures and business processes in place at Springs Hosting from February 1, 2011 – January 31, 2012.  “The auditors spent a considerable amount of time inspecting our data center facility, learning about our procedures and interviewing Springs Hosting Management.”, said Jeremy Keefe, CIO  “Springs Hosting is proud to have successfully completed the SSAE 16 Type II audit.  The audit benefits many of our customers that are publicly traded companies and institutional organizations that must comply with additional security requirements. The SSAE 16 audit is also a helpful sales tool for our clients to use for their customers and can be useful for start-ups looking for venture capital, which often has security requirements.”

What is SSAE 16?

In 1992, the AICPA developed a set of guidelines for evaluating service organizations known as the SAS 70.  The SSAE 16 is an enhancement to the SAS 70 and went into effect in June of 2011.  The changes made to the standard will bring the US companies up to date with new international service organization reporting standards, the ISAE 3402.

A SSAE 16 report, also known as a SOC-1 (Service Organization Control) 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 SSAE 16 report can aid the service organization’s clients in completing their own financial audits.

In the hosting and colocation industries, the SSAE 16 report is important for companies who are relying more and more on outsourced hosting and colocation services.  The SSAE 16 report allows hosting companies and data centers to complete one report that all their clients can use.

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“Keeping your equipment’s built in time clocks sync’d and especially your network equipment can be crucial to maintaining a smooth operating network.” said Brian Korzen, Systems Administrator at Springs Hosting. “The new additions just give us one more thing to offer to our customers and are especially helpful to our customers utilizing CCTV equipment.”

Time is critical for transactions across computer networks. Many events on the network need accurate time to initiate and control processes, and complete transactions such as authentication. Accurate time for time stamps and log files is also very important for billing systems, network diagnostics, digital forensics, high-reliability databases and process analysis. Yet clocks in electronic devices are not designed for accuracy and can drift by more than an hour in a year. The solution is to always connect your network devices and systems to a server via network time protocol (NTP).

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“The new VPS systems include many features that we did not have previously with our previous VPS infrastructure including mobile access via your iPhone and Andriod to control your virtual server.”, said CIO Jeremy Keefe.  “The Xen-based systems include capabilities for both Paravirtualization (PV) and Hardware-assisted virtualization (HVM).  The machines are running with fixed usage limits, below full capacity on dual 6-core Dell PowerEdge servers running Xen virtulization instances. We have built a very flexible infrastructure with both 64-bit and 32-bit Linux and Windows images available giving our customers complete root / administrator control over their virtual machine.  If our customer does not have a systems administrator to maintain their VPS, we also provide one to them as an optional service giving our customers all the tools needed to run their applications successfully.”

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“Uptime is the name of the game in our industry and you can never have too much!”, said CIO Jeremy Keefe.  “We are always looking for ways to extend the network as our customer base continues to grow.  CenturyLink has such a large footprint in the surrounding 13 state region that it was a no brainer for us to bring them on-net with us. We are also the only provider based in Colorado Springs that provides CenturyLink bandwidth directly to our customers.”

Springs Hosting internet bandwidth and IP services use multiple tier 1 providers via BGP4 networking protocol to allow for multiple entry and exit points on the network and complete network redundancy to virtually eliminate network failures.  Our state of the art network provides our customers with reliable connectivity and best path routing our the clock.  Springs Hosting continues to invest in itself to perpetually improve the network through emerging technologies.

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