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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Managed hosting and data center provider Peak 10 (www.peak10.com) announced on Thursday that it has completed a company-wide SSAE 16 audit of its data center and managed services.

Peak 10 recently expanded its second enterprise-class facility contiguous with current operations in Richmond, Virginia.

According to the press release, the audit was done by Brightline Certified Public Accountants and Associates where the company examined operations in each of Peak 10′s markets and corporate business units, disclosed in a Type II SOC 1 report.

Peak 10 claims to be one of the first organizations to undergo an SSAE 16 Type II audit.

“We are committed to supporting customers in their ongoing efforts to meet the increasingly stringent regulatory demands of their industry and/or governing agency,” David Kidd, the director of quality assurance and compliance for Peak 10 said in a statement. “The fact that we were among the first organizations to undergo a company-wide SSAE 16 audit demonstrates the high standards to which we operate and our attention to excellent customer service. We want our customers to be able to focus on building their core business, and compliance is one more way we can offer them a competitive advantage while leaving focus on technology to Peak 10.”

According to the press release, the report includes key aspects of Peak 10′s data center services including physical and logical security, environmental security, managed hosting, network services, monitoring, infrastructure change management, provisioning and support. 

Peak 10 also announced that it has validated compliance with the PCI DSS as a Level 1 service provider for its data centers, and had a successful audit of HIPAA/HITECH privacy controls.

In February web hosting provider Online Tech announced it is now operating under SSAE 15, SOC 2 and SOC 3 guidelines.