Enterprise customers who focus on SAS-70 vendors realize that not all SAS-70 certifications are the same.  AssureSign, like some other electronic signature vendors, provides customers with the security of running their cloud-based, or SaaS, offering in a SAS-70 Type II environment.  However, other signature vendors merely host their application on other systems, located in someone else’s SAS-70 data center.  That’s great, they are SAS-70 Type II, but there is more to SAS-70 Type II certification than outsourcing your data center.  Which is why AssureSign runs our own Tier 4 (highest possible type) SAS-70 Type II data center.

AssureSign takes it to the next level.  First, we have explicit control over uptime – our own enterprise class, fully redundant (also geo-redundant) in-house data center is SAS-70 Type II certified, offering a Tier 1 level of reliability, providing our customers 99.994% uptime over the last 4 years!  Secondly, we take it to the next level with enterprise-wide SAS-70 Type II certification.

Obtaining enterprise-wide SAS-70 Type II certification means that ALL aspects of AssureSign have a specifically defined tested process and we’re audited annually to assure we adhere to those processes.   This certification includes all internal processes and systems such as software/code development, quality assurance, soft releases, human resources and billing.  Just as important are all customer facing processes such as sales, training and customer support.  The all-encompassing certification means that the way we develop our industry-leading applications and deploy them on our owned and controlled servers while supporting them in certified processes ensures the best possible level of service.

This is important to us and should be more important to our customers.   In order to provide a true enterprise-class SaaS offering, all aspects of the business need to operate in an enterprise class environment at all levels.  This is certainly exemplified by our ever-expanding enterprise-level customer base, who see the value in enterprise-wide SAS-70 Type II certification and, more importantly, understand and appreciate the difference between AssureSign and any other electronic signature vendor.

AssureSign and sister company 3PV have over 10 years of experience in providing SaaS applications, having processed 30 million transactions and over 100 million unique ‘signature events’ and we will continue to lead the field in enterprise class offerings in products, features and customer support.