Security is a Shared Responsibility

Keeping your data under tight lock and key takes the combined effort of both our team and yours. We recently introduced a new security page on our website to ensure everyone understands the shared security model when working in the cloud.

Keep reading to learn how, by working together, we can provide better security.

Who’s responsible for what?

While SmartSimple ensures our platform’s security and the protection of your information, we all bear some responsibility for complete security throughout your data’s lifecycle.

We can safeguard the data that you store with us, but we have little control over what happens outside our environment. Therefore, it’s important that you evaluate your own security policies, consider how your users access your system, monitor how the data is used, and maintain the physical security of your own premises and its hardware.

To really understand why security is a shared responsibility, you need to know the difference between two key concepts:

·         Security of the Cloud – Security measures that we, your cloud service provider, implement.

·         Security in the Cloud – Security measures you, our client, implement to safeguard your content and applications.

To make it easy to understand, we’ve created a graphic outlining exactly what each of us is responsible for:

Security requires a systematic approach 

Working together is the optimum method for the security of your organization’s data. By being aware of security best practices and taking appropriate action, we are creating a safe, secure environment for your sensitive data.

SmartSimple is SOC 1 Compliant
We subscribe to a high level of testing, training and compliance measures that ensure SmartSimple meets robust security standards, set by independent third-party auditors. These unbiased auditors certify that we are following regulated guidelines and are meeting our commitments:

We are a Service Organization Control (SOC) 1 compliant Software-as-a-Service company and are currently on target to becoming SOC 2 compliant in 2016.

Need help?
We have several articles on cloud security available on the SmartSimple Wiki.

If you still need more help understanding the shared responsibility model, talk to your organization’s IT team, write us at support@smartsimple.com or call us at 1-866-239-0991.