Salesforce.com Is First Major SaaS Vendor to Achieve ISO 27001 Certification
Posted on May 7, 2008
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LONDON, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — salesforce.com Dreamforce
Europe Conference — Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the market and technology
leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS),
today announced that it is the first publicly traded SaaS vendor to receive
the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Security Certification (ISO 27001). ISO
27001 is the internationally recognized standard for certifying that a
provider’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) protects its
information and that of its customers.
“This certification is a massive competitive differentiator for us as
the only major SaaS vendor to achieve it,” said Parker Harris, EVP
Technology, salesforce.com. “Our customers, particularly in Europe and
Asia, have been asking for this and we’re proud to provide them with this
assurance that our commitment to their security is reflected in our
policies and practices.”
As the only internationally accepted security standard, ISO 27001
demonstrates and ensures security best practices and a managed approach to
business information protection including risk, governance and compliance.
Large industry, financial, and governmental customers in Europe and Asia
often require their IT vendors, suppliers, and partners to be ISO 27001
certified.
Salesforce.com’s ISO 27001 certification helps affirm that
salesforce.com provides a consistent, reliable and secure operating
environment to support its 41,000 customers and 1.1 million subscribers
worldwide. Salesforce.com’s existing three data centers and major offices
worldwide were certified by BSI International.
In addition, salesforce.com has undergone SAS 70 (Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 70) Type II examinations and SYSTRUST audits semi-annually
since 2004.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The
company’s portfolio of SaaS applications, including its award-winning CRM,
available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the
ways that customers manage and share business information over the
Internet. The company’s Force.com PaaS enables customers, developers and
partners to build powerful on-demand applications that deliver the benefits
of multi-tenancy across the enterprise. Applications built on the Force.com
platform, available at http://www.force.com/, can be easily shared,
exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via salesforce.com’s
AppExchange marketplace available at
http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
As of January 31, 2008, salesforce.com manages customer information for
approximately 41,000 customers including ABN AMRO, Dow Jones Newswires,
Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, Sprint Nextel, and SunTrust Banks. Any
unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases
or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered
on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications
should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently
available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices
in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol “CRM”. For more information please visit
http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.
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