PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/30/15 — Altiscale, the leading provider of , today announced that it has achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Level 1 certification and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance for its entire cloud service. This recognition, combined with Altiscale–s AICPA SOC 2 compliance and automatic Kerberos authentication, demonstrate Altiscale–s strong commitment to providing first-class data security for its customers, including those within the financial services and healthcare industries.
: Today, @Altiscale announced it has achieved PCI DSS & HIPAA for its entire cloud service. #Hadoop #datasecurity
Altiscale–s robust security capabilities and certifications now include:
PCI compliance, which is intended to protect credit card data handled by merchants and banks, requires many security controls that are among the most stringent of any compliance program. As a result, PCI has become a de facto security standard for protecting data within the Financial Services industry and even beyond. Altiscale–s PCI compliance provides assurance that all sensitive data will be protected according to the same strict standards required for cardholder data, and allows customers who require PCI compliance as a matter of policy to use the Altiscale Data Cloud.
To learn more about PCI standards and Altiscale–s compliance, visit .
Organizations that handle patient medical data are subject to strict legal requirements to protect the confidentiality of that information. Altiscale–s compliance with HIPAA standards enables such organizations to store, process, and analyze that data at Altiscale. Additionally, Altiscale is now able to sign Business Associate Agreements (BAA) with customers subject to HIPAA and HITECH requirements.
To learn more about how Altiscale is enabling organizations to protect patient data according the requirements of HIPAA and HITECH, visit: .
Version two of the Service Organization Controls standard — known as SOC 2 — is a widely respected set of criteria for protecting information published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). All of Altiscale–s services have been certified to meet the AICPA SOC 2 Trust Service Principles criteria for Security and Availability. This certification indicates that Altiscale has undergone an in-depth examination of the controls covering its systems, processes and policies. By undergoing this rigorous examination, Altiscale has demonstrated its dedication to providing a secure, highly available big data service.
To learn more about Altiscale–s SOC 2 Compliance, visit .
Altiscale–s implementation of Kerberos, a strong authentication protocol, automatically provides enterprise-class access controls and protection to every customer. Kerberos is widely recognized as critical to Hadoop security because it helps to ensure that users can access only the data that they are authorized to access and not other potentially sensitive data. Altiscale is the first and only Big-Data-as-a-Service provider to include Kerberos authentication as an integral part of its service offering.
To learn more about Altiscale–s inclusion of Kerberos with its service offering, visit .
“This latest recognition of the strength of Altiscale security and compliance capabilities further demonstrates our dedication to providing the highest levels of data security to our customers, including organizations in the financial services and healthcare industries,” said Brian Schneirow, head of Security and Compliance at Altiscale. “We deliver these capabilities automatically within our fully-managed, Big-Data-as-a-Service offering, so that customers benefit from state-of-the art security without having to worry about the complexities of the underlying security technology systems and operations.”
Altiscale, a provider of Big Data as a Service, helps businesses maximize the value of their data without the challenge and expense of managing complex technologies on their own. Altiscale operations experts provide advisory services and support on top of an integrated big data platform that is comprised of leading technologies such as Hadoop and Spark. The combination of a secure, scalable big data platform, dedicated operational services, and a passion for results means that Altiscale customers experience performance that is up to 10x faster than alternatives. Altiscale customers include leading companies across financial services, media, marketing services, AdTech, and gaming.
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Alivia Snyder
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