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Penta achieves SAS 70 Type II Certification
 GENEVA,
Switzerland, March 23, 2010 – Having
successfully addressed the rigorous standards of
compliance and availability, Penta, a leading provider
of managed application hosting, is proud to announce its
certification with SAS 70 Type II standards. SAS 70 is
an auditing standard developed by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants, which sets guidelines
for auditors to use in order to fairly and objectively
evaluate the internal controls of service
organizations. The audit provides assurance that Penta
employs consistent and reliable operational controls
that safeguard the data of its customers worldwide.
By providing customers with SAS 70 Type II audit
report, Penta can help them control the costs of
regulatory compliance, as well as offer assurance that
it has established effective internal controls over the
hosting of customer data. Penta’s preliminary audit,
conducted by KPMG, a global professional services firm,
focused objectives in the following areas which will be
fully audited by December 2009:
- Organizational
- Logical Security
- Physical Access
- Application
- System Maintenance
- Change Control
- Backup and Restore
- Business Continuity controls
- Service Level Management
“In today’s global economy, it is critical for
service organizations such as Penta to adhere to the
highest regulatory standards on behalf of its clients”,
said Farhad Khalilnia, CEO of Penta. “We look forward to
the successful validation of our controls and processes
while helping our customers minimize the costs and risks
of their own separate review.”
In partnership with Penta, companies can reduce the
costs and complexities of managing their IT
infrastructure and applications via the Software as a
Service (SaaS) model, while simultaneously improving
application availability, performance, security and now
compliance.
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About Penta
Penta is an information system management company -
Limited Company under Swiss Jurisdiction - founded in
1996 and based in Geneva, Switzerland with a second
location which opened in Dubai (DIFC) in January 2009.
Our mission is to bring top quality service to our
clients and build a broad partnership resulting in
handling all information needs under one roof. When
partnering with Penta, your organization can benefit
from utmost reliability, security, and industry
expertise. Penta offers around the clock, world-class
dedicated and secure infrastructure to its customers.
We're always looking for new ways that technology can
assist our clients stay highly competitive. This results
in a win-win partnership and the assurance of high (ROI)
Return On Investment for our clients. Additional
information is available at
www.penta.ch
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