Brivo Successfully Completes SAS 70 Audit
Certification further confirms Brivo’s outstanding level of service to customers
Atlanta, GA and Bethesda, MD, September 15, 2008 – Brivo Systems, LLC, the leader in hosted Web applications for access control and security systems, today announced the successful completion of a SAS 70 information security audit. The SAS 70 audit assures customers that a service provider’s controls and processes effectively provide consistent delivery of software application services and data security.
“Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70,” commonly abbreviated as “SAS 70,” is an auditing statement issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). It defines the processes an auditor uses to assess the internal controls of service organizations that provide data processing, storage, or application services to their customers. Brivo’s SAS 70 audit was performed by the SC&H Group, LLC of Sparks, MD, an internationally acclaimed CPA and management consulting firm serving a large client base ranging from emerging businesses to the largest Fortune 500 companies.
“We believe that an independent SAS 70 audit is vital for any company that provides hosted security services such as our ACS WebService™,” said Steve Van Till, President and CEO of Brivo Systems. “We undertook this audit, in part, to satisfy growing demand from Fortune 500 and other publicly held companies who do business with us.” Under most interpretations, Sarbanes-Oxley compels public companies to have IT audits for internal systems, and, by extension, for any outsourced services they use for certain critical services. According to the SEC, publicly held companies can rely on an outsourced service provider’s SAS 70 report to meet their own obligation to assess controls over outsourced services. Continued Van Till, “The successful completion of our SAS 70 information security audit means our customers can be assured that they are in full compliance with their own audit requirements for the outsourced security services that we provide.”
In addition to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, HIPAA requirements are also driving increased reliance on SAS 70 audits. “Healthcare organizations subject to HIPAA have become much more concerned with compliance by their vendors,” according to Van Till, “but we have found that they are generally willing to accept a SAS 70 audit statement as proof that their privacy requirements are being properly handled.”
For more information on the Brivo Online Access Control System, contact Brivo toll–free at 1-866-692-7486, option 1 or email sales@brivo.com.
About Brivo Systems
Brivo Systems, LLC, is an online physical access control system provider for organizations that need to protect and remotely monitor buildings and perimeter entry points using Internet and wireless technologies. The company’s hardware products and software services enable businesses to control physical access to offices, warehouses, remote/unmanned buildings, or sensitive areas such as computer rooms, where real-time control and accountability of entry are important. The company's Web-hosted solutions are based on open technologies that connect dispersed facilities to the Internet using secure, wide-area communications.
Brivo is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Duchossois Group.
About the Duchossois Group
The Duchossois Group is a privately held holding company, headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, which owns AMX, The Chamberlain Group and Milestone AV Technologies. Duchossois also holds strategic interests in Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHDN), and a number of other diversified businesses.
For more information about Brivo or the Brivo Access Control System, contact Brivo toll-free at 1-866-692-7486, option 1 or by email at sales@brivo.com.
