Security
Secure
We understand that your information is important. That’s why SmarterHR uses a variety of methods to keep the information you put into the system secure.
Servers
Our servers are hosted by Latisys in a SAS 70 Type II certified facility. Latisys provides an extensive set of security services based on the latest state-of-the-art security technologies on the market. These security services are designed, deployed, maintained and monitored 24x7x365 to provide the highest level enterprise security to us on a contracted basis. In addition, Latisys is staffed by a certified security team to ensure fast response to security incidents.
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The facilities physical security measures include the following:
Onsite Security Personnel 24x7x365 Onsite 24x7x365 Network Operations Center, which monitors all external and internal security.
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Closed circuit television security system throughout the data center.
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Combination proximity card and photo identification system required to gain access to facility.
The system can be set to lock user accounts after a certain number of failed login attempts.
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for each client to ensure only authorized personnel has physical access to colocation space Not only do Latisys’ facilities help keep our servers secure, they also provide an ideal operating environment for our servers, including:
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Onsite Security Personnel 24x7x365 Onsite 24x7x365 Network Operations Center, which monitors all external and internal security.
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N+1 Cooling and Power Infrastructure
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Redundant, Blended Networks
Ultra Sonic Humidification
AC and DC Power Capability
Advanced Fire Detection and Suppression Systems
24x7x365 On-Site Technical Staff
Security
SmarterHR uses Fortinet’s advanced FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls for Enterprise. FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls for Enterprise meets our enterprise-class requirement for performance, availability and reliability. It includes all of the key capabilities provided by other FortiGate models, with integrated, real-time antivirus, firewall, VPN, network intrusion detection and prevention, and traffic-shaping services.
SSL
SmarterHR uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificates to encrypt your information as it is transmitted over the Internet, ensuring that sensitive data remains private.
An SSL Certificate consists of a public key and a private key. The public key is used to encrypt information and the private key is used to decipher it. When a browser points to a secured domain, an SSL handshake authenticates the server and the client and establishes an encryption method and a unique session key. They can begin a secure session that guarantees message privacy and integrity.
Our system uses 128-bit to 256-bit encryption, the highest standard of security encryption normally available. Encryption strength is measured in key length — the number of bits in the key. To decipher an SSL communication, one needs to generate the correct decoding key. Mathematically speaking, 2n possible values exist for a key, where n is the number of bits. Thus, 40-bit encryption involves 240 possible values, 128-bit encryption involves 2128 combinations, and 256-bit keys involve a staggering 2256 possible combinations, rendering the encrypted data practically impervious to intrusion.
