As a leading SaaS provider, data security and protection are at the very core of our business.
That’s why, at Wizmo, we go above and beyond the industry standard to ensure that your cloud environment remains safe from both physical and cyber threats.
From our security practices to our Tier III data centers, you can rest assured that a security breach will never derail your SaaS product when Wizmo is in charge.
We operate our data center under SSAE 16 Type II controls so that we are compliant with a wide range of audit procedures.
This policy allows Wizmo to provide the most reliable application hosting service possible while keeping up-to-date with both product upgrades and security fixes.
Furthermore, our change management process ensures that only authorized, tested changes are made to the SaaS product and environment
Wizmo's day-to-day data protection strategy ensures that in the event of a disaster, large or small, your data stays safe.
Our operations engineers manage the entire security infrastructure of your SaaS product. Nothing is outsourced.
We've addressed security in every area, from employees and physical threats to endpoint security, firewalls and more.
To support our drive for exceptional security, Wizmo utilizes a Tier III data center.
This allows us to deliver scalable SaaS solutions while providing our partners a superior level of protection.
From standard to customized offerings that require HIPAA or PCI compliancy, Wizmo can design an impenetrable security program around your customer's needs.
If you’re like most software companies, data security is one of your top concerns. That’s why our efforts to protect your application and data go well beyond industry best practices.
Gartner Research has identified seven specific areas of security risk associated with enterprise cloud computing and makes recommendations for addressing each one.
Click on the security risk below to find out why it’s a concern, and compare the industry standards to Wizmo’s practices.
Companies increasingly store sensitive data in the cloud. You can’t allow access to just anyone. You need the safest people possible. And a cloud hosting provider with the appropriate controls in place to vet users with privileged access.
Cloud service providers should be able to show that they enforce administrative delegation by performing the appropriate controls for hiring, access and oversight.
Only data center technicians and engineers with Wizmo badges (meaning they meet our high standards) have access to our partners’ data.
In order to enforce the most strict of access privileges, each of our partners has their own customized private cloud and dedicated hardware.
These days, most companies operate under some sort of regulatory control of their information. Under these mandates, companies must know where their data is, who is able to access it and how it is being protected.
That’s why you need to make sure your cloud hosting provider has a solid method for handling audits should one ever come your way.
Enterprises are accountable for their own data, no matter who is responsible for storage and day-to-day management.
It’s up to you to verify that your cloud hosting provider is ready and willing to undergo audits if the regulatory bodies ever come calling.
Wizmo partners are subject to a variety of regulatory industry compliance guidelines, e.g. PCI, SOX, HIPAA.
Wizmo has adopted best practices, such as SSAE 16, and has documented processes and controls in place to support audits.
While many data centers have access to networks around the continent and even the globe, it’s important to know where your data is stored and how privately it’s maintained.
When selecting a provider, ask where their data centers are located and if they can commit to specific privacy requirements.
If they are vague about either, you’ll want to continue your search for a cloud host.
Wizmo has acccess to more than 65 Tier III data centers across North America, with the bulk of our operation in Minneapolis, MN.
Our partners are subject to a variety of privacy requirements. We have documented processes and controls in place to support each one.
Keeping your data separate from the data stored next to yours is key to having true security in the cloud. In public clouds, full data segregation is ignored in favor of lower costs. Private clouds, on the other hand, isolate your data completely.
Most public clouds are shared environments.
Therefore, it’s critical to make sure hosting providers use strict encryption and can guarantee complete data segregation for secure multi-tenancy.
Wizmo does not deliver our partner applications in public clouds.
Our private clouds have dedicated hardware, applications and storage to ensure complete data segregation for a secure, multi-tenant environment.
Be it fire, flood or act of war, a huge aspect of protecting your data is making sure it can be recovered quickly in the event of a disaster, so you and your users can get back to business.
It’s the responsibility of the enterprise to make sure their hosting provider can do a complete restoration after a disaster.
Be sure to ask potential hosts about the speed and integrity of their data recovery process.
Wizmo’s data protection strategy ensures that your data is safe and completely restorable in the event of disaster.
It’s 100% battle-tested and ready to save the day.
When your data is in a shared or public cloud environment, it can be nearly impossible to investigate the occurrence of harmful activity. It’s much easier with a private cloud. And with ’round-the-clock monitoring and support, investigation is seldom even necessary.
Whether your cloud environment is public or private, you should ask for proof that your hosting providers can support investigations if your application or data is ever compromised.
All of our partner applications have their own customized private cloud with dedicated hardware, so logging is simple and investigating less of a chore.
Plus, since we monitor the complete SaaS stack 24x7x365, our technicians know about a problem before you’re affected.
You own your data. That gives you the right to access or retrieve it at any time, for any purpose. That said, it’s also your responsibility to make sure your data will be delivered to you completely in good times or bad.
Business come and go.
As such, enterprises should ask hard questions about the portability of their data to avoid lock-in or potential loss if the business fails.
We fully understand that the data stored in our SaaS hosting stack belongs to our partners and their customers.
While Wizmo itself is not going anywhere, in the event that a partner chooses to leave, all of their data is promptly returned.
We take on that burden (and many others), so you can focus on developing best-of-breed software and expanding your reach.
