Virtustream Achieves Cloud Security Alliance’s Level 2 Star Attestation
TAMPA, FL (PRWEB) July 28, 2016 -- Schellman & Company, LLC (Schellman), a leading provider of compliance and audit services, today announced that Virtustream, Inc. (Virtustream), the enterprise-class cloud provider and an EMC Federation company, has achieved the Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) Level 2 Star Attestation, making Virtustream one of only five organizations to successfully complete a STAR Attestation examination.
“Many of Virtustream’s customers are blue chip enterprises with complex technology landscapes that require adherence to the industry’s most stringent security controls and policies for cloud environments,” said Kevin Herrin, vice president cloud services at Virtustream. “Achieving the Star Attestation is a component of an overall security and compliance strategy that places Virtustream among an elite set of cloud service and software providers capable of meeting enterprise-level security needs.”
The STAR Attestation examination was conducted on the Virtustream Storage Cloud, a hyper-scale storage platform with enterprise-class resiliency and performance. The scope included the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality Trust Services Principles set forth in TSP section 100; Trust Services Principles, Criteria, and Illustrations for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy (AICPA, Technical Practice Aids); as well as the 16 domains within the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) version 3.0.1. The examination was completed in October 2015 to cover a review period beginning June 10, 2015, through September 30, 2015.
“This is a great achievement for Virtustream and their compliance team,” said Ryan Mackie, Schellman’s ISO practice director. “A tremendous amount of effort went into preparing for the examination, as well as supporting the audit fieldwork. To be identified as one of only five organizations to successfully complete the STAR Attestation is a true accomplishment.”
The STAR Attestation report provides evidence that Virtustream has a well-founded control set, based on cloud service provider best practices, and is operating effectively to deliver trust to their clients and prospects. Virtustream conducted the STAR Attestation examination in tandem with a SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 examination.
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