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Data Centers Canada reaches new standard

Data Centers Canada  of North Toronto has achieved SSAE 16 compliance at its facility.

The SSAE 16 attestation standard which replaced the legacy SAS70 industry standard is governed by the Auditing Standards
Board (ASB) of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The attestation process validates the
internal controls of service organizations (including data center providers) based on the company’s technology, business
processes, physical security and infrastructure.
Tony Di Benedetto, managing partner at Data Centers Canada, said this achievement reinforces the company’s commitment to providing operational excellence to clients. Achieving SSAE certification validates our mandate on providing world class facilities to house mission critical data and infrastructure.
Independent consulting firm, Assure Professional performed the comprehensive SOC 1 type 2 audit of Data Centers Canada’s Toronto
North facility that included testing of its various controlled environments including; security, operations, management, infrastructure and network operations.
Data Centers Canada north facility is based in Toronto suburb of Vaughan. It’s a 20,000 square foot facility which provides data
center colocation services to various enterprises globally including; Government, Fortune 1000 and numerous Technology Service
Providers. This facility also provides a flexible and scalable data centre platform which allows enterprises to house their mission critical or disaster recovery infrastructure in a secure, resilient data center footprint in the Canadian geography.