NaviSite Successfully Expands SAS Certification.
2005-12-19, HostMan.biz
NaviSite, Inc., a leading provider of IT hosting, outsourcing and professional services for mid- to large-sized organizations, today announced that it has successfully certified its San Jose, California facility by completing a SAS 70 Type II (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70) Audit. In addition, NaviSite's data center in Andover, Massachusetts completed its fourth successful SAS 70 Type II Audit, demonstrating the company's commitment to compliance standards. Successful completion of a SAS 70 Type II audit indicates that NaviSite's processes, procedures and general controls have been formally reviewed and are in compliance with SAS 70. The SAS 70 Type II Audit was performed by a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm.
A SAS 70 Type II Audit is an in-depth analysis of a service organization's control over information technology and related processes and is often required by public companies for compliance requirements or other companies that want assurance that processes, procedures, and general controls meet the industry's highest standards and best practices. The SAS 70 Type II audit places the highest level of scrutiny on the company's operational controls and procedures and is an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The systems and processes evaluated in the audit include security monitoring, change management, problem management, backup and environmental controls, logical and physical access.
"NaviSite's certification for SAS 70 in San Jose and Andover is important for our customers as it reduces the need for them to implement many required controls in their accounting and IT infrastructure, as well as avoids the need for many auditing activities because they are already covered under NaviSite's SAS 70 certification," said Arthur Becker, CEO, NaviSite. "By maintaining our commitment to a semi-annual audit program, we are able to accommodate the varying fiscal year-ends of our customers and further offset the high costs our customers are paying to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations."
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