International colocation data center operator Switch has announced that its Colocation Services Management Systems, which include the Switch Living Data Center, C-Cure, and Honeywell Badge Access Systems, have been awarded HITRUST Certified accreditation for information security.
Switch’s HITRUST CSF Certified designation confirms that the company’s design, efficiency, and security meet essential regulatory and industry-defined standards, as well as managing risk effectively.
“Switch consistently designs the industry’s most advanced and secure exascale technology ecosystems. We persistently meet complex compliance and privacy requirements that include technical and process elements such as SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, PCI DSS-ROC, NIST, ISO, HIPAA and others,” said Thomas Morton, President at Switch. “We are pleased to further demonstrate to our customers the highest standards for protecting sensitive data and information by now also achieving HITRUST CSF Certification.”
Information Risk Management & Compliance
The HITRUST CSF helps enterprises address regulatory and industry-defined standards and risks challenges by providing a comprehensive and adaptable framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls that incorporates federal and state rules, standards, and frameworks, as well as a risk-based approach. Switch joins a select group of enterprises throughout the world who have gained this accreditation.
“The HITRUST CSF Assurance Program is the most rigorous available, consisting of a multitude of quality assurance checks, both automated and manual,” said Bimal Sheth, Vice President of Assurance Services at HITRUST. “The fact that Switch has achieved HITRUST CSF Certification attests to the high quality of their information risk management and compliance program.”
Rob Roy, the company’s founder and CEO has created over 750 patent claims covering data center designs, which have resulted in the company’s world-renowned data centers and technological solutions.
With a focus on enterprise-class and developing hybrid cloud solutions, we innovate to advance the digital basis of the connected world in a sustainable way. The Switch PRIMES are among the world’s most powerful exascale data center campus ecosystems with minimal latency to key U.S. markets, with locations in Las Vegas and Tahoe Reno, Nevada; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; and Austin, Texas.
