In today’s society, data security is paramount. Identity theft is on the rise, and litigation penalties for the failure to safeguard debtor information can be considerable. Consequently, DSI has structured its repository for the debtor records of more than 1,000 debt management and settlement companies to the highest industry standards including location behind a firewall that has no internet exposure, hosting on Amazon AWS infrastructure that is configured to and meets SAS70, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS Level 1 certifications and the redundant storage of all data in multiple physical locations.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) delivers a scalable cloud computing platform with high availability and dependability. AWS places the utmost importance on maintaining the trust and confidence of its customers by protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of both their systems and data. Specifically, AWS physical and operational security processes for network and server infrastructure encompass all of the following areas of IT security:
- Shared Responsibility Environment
- Control Environment Summary
- Secure Design Principles
- Backup
- Environmental Safeguards
- Configuration Management
- Business Continuity Management
- Backups
- Monitoring
- Information and Communication
- Employee Lifecycle
- Physical Security
- Fault Separation
- Amazon Account Security Features
- Network Security
Further safeguards include the encryption of all sensitive data (SSN and account numbers) prior to storage, the transmission of all data to and from the data base with 256-bit SSL protection and the systemic restriction to never display a complete SSN to any user.
Thus, our participating partners may have complete confidence that DSI will protect their debtor information to the highest industry standards at all times.
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