October 12, 2012 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) –
Switch Datacenters has been certified in the field of data security by the BSI Group.
The ISO 27001 Standard certification essentially guarantees safe IT accommodation for the Amsterdam-based data center’s customers.
As the highest ISO standard for data security, Switch now proclaims itself to be “a secure environment in which to house IT equipment and business data.”
Gregor Snip, founder and Technical Director of Switch Datacenters, said: “Being awarded the ISO 27001 certification confirms that our organisation has professionally and efficiently implemented all the processes relating to data security.
“This offers our clients ultimate security. They have a guarantee that their IT infrastructure and attendant data are accommodated in a highly professional and secure manner.”
Throughout the ISO 27001 audit, the BSI Group examined all sorts of security aspects in Switch Datacenters’ organisation.
“This also involves matters such as charting the efficient and professional division of responsibilities within the organisation. However, ample checks also have to be incorporated to vouch for adequate risk management,” added Snip.
“Furthermore, organisational processes need to be set up in a suitably structured manner as to enable the swift identification and elimination of potential security risks.”
About BSI Group
BSI Group (www.bsigroup.com) is a globally operating, independent organisation in the field of management system assessment and certification, in accordance with standards including those of ISO. The world’s first standards institute (established in 1901), BSI Group currently has a workforce of over 2,250, employed at 50 international branches which jointly serve over 100 nations.
About Switch Datacenters
Based in Amsterdam, Switch Datacenters (www.switchdatacenters.com) is a supplier of extremely energy-efficient, carrier-neutral data centre services. Its data centre already operates at with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.27. And its R&D department aims to further reduce this figure during the next few months – by means of the implementation of innovative cooling concepts – to a level of just 1.1, which is extremely energy-efficient. Furthermore, Switch Datacenters (high density) co-location services are climate neutral and therefore provided on a ‘green’ basis, by means including the use of solely green electricity.
The data centre itself was opened in 2011. The first data centre established by Switch Datacenters (Switch AMS) has a floor area of 8,320 square metres (89.555 sq ft), which is being put into operation in several phases. The data centre is located on Amsterdam’s fibreglass hub, in the city’s Zuid-Oost district. While Switch AMS is currently connected to 460 fibreglass connections belonging to some 40 carrier networks, this figure is certainly expected to rise even further. This should greatly benefit its efficient and redundant Internet user network.
Switch Datacenters’ state-of-the-art data centre infrastructure nevertheless pays consideration to the latest IT developments, such as virtualisation and cloud computing, in which regard uptime is absolutely crucial. Switch Datacenters therefore applies AEG’s high redundancy UPS technology, which is comparable to a RAID5 system, while the data centre offers clients a guarantee of 100 percent uptime.
