Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), an international interconnection and colocation, reached SSAE 16 / SOC 1 Type 2 ISAE3402 compliance globally, covering 51 data center in the Americas, 23 data centers in EMEA and 16 data centers in the APAC region. In addition, North America received SOC 2 Type 2 compliance covering 48 operational data centers.
This is the first time Equinix has reached SOC 1 Type 2 globally and SOC 2 Type 2 in North America.
SOC 1 Type 2 - allows users to provide information to the auditor of the financial statements of a user entity controls at a service organization that can be relevant to the internal control of the user entity's financial reporting. It allows the listener user to perform risk assessment procedures
SOC 2 Type 2 -. is an internal control report the risks associated with service organizations, including detailed testing of controls. It allows the user to manage an organization of services, user entities and other parties specified with information and advice from a CPA on controls in the organization of services which may affect security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality or privacy of user entities.
"These examinations demonstrate that we have the appropriate controls in place to mitigate the risk of security and availability," said Sam Kapoor, global operations director, Equinix. "It demonstrates that Equinix delivers the highest levels of safety and environmental controls, and that organizations worldwide can rely on Equinix to protect their sensitive information."
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