How Managed Services Can Help With Compliance

Clare Computer Solutions (CCS) , a professional services firm providing IT solutions for companies in the San Francisco Bay area since 1990, has helped numerous organizations meet their accreditation and compliance requirements utilizing technology.

When an IT infrastructure is professionally managed, monitored and maintained, the processes involved are documented, tracked and reported – it can help your company maintain the certifications and requirements your industry recommends or requires.

There are a number of industries that require businesses to have certifications or proof of compliance to operate within the industry. They vary from industry to industry and some certifications are harder to achieve than others. Healthcare firms are subject to the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA), for example. Other companies are encouraged (if not required) to conform to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards. Manufacturers often pursue specific ISP (International Standards Organization) certifications.

What these certifications have in common is a reliance on a defined, repeatable and accountable set of procedures. Businesses whose operations have established, documented procedures as part of the corporate culture will have an easier time achieving and maintaining compliance to these industry standards. Technology can provide ways for businesses to maintain standards for data protection, fault tolerance and documentation.

Data Security
Protecting sensitive data from hackers and other cybercriminals is of paramount importance, and the technology tools that are used for defense against attacks must be implemented properly, and maintained in order to remain effective. A company with a properly managed IT infrastructure will be able to demonstrate what controls they have in place and how they are kept up-to-date.

Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity
Most modern businesses back their data up, and ideally, to more than one location. Businesses should be able to show they have a plan in place for rapid recovery from a disaster that affects their IT infrastructure. They should be able to provide information to certify that the data centers that store their data offsite are properly certified—and meet their own industry’s certification requirements too.

When an IT infrastructure is professionally  managed, monitored and maintained, the processes involved are documented, consistent, tracked and reportable –all of which will help your company maintain the certifications and requirements your industry recommends or requires.

Clare Computer Solutions has helped hundreds of companies take control of their technology and leverage that technology to help grow their businesses. We can help your business, too! Contact us to get started.

For more information about CCS visit www.clarecomputer.com or call Tel (800) 339-0690 ext 148. Visit our events page to attend an educational event about technical and IT topics to broaden your knowledge base.


About Clare Computer Solutions (CCS)
 
Clare Computer Solutions has been providing high quality IT Network Services and Network Support to Bay Area companies since 1990. CCS has installed over 2,400 multi-user networks and serviced many more. Clients represent diverse industries including: healthcare, manufacturing, construction, insurance, service industries, legal, hospitality and more throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. The company is based in San Ramon, California. Visit: www.clarecomputer.com
 
Our Services
We have experience in deploying solutions utilizing technology from Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, VMware, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and many other industry leaders. Our long-term relationship with these manufacturers ensures considerable depth of knowledge in these products, and how they interoperate. What this means to our clients: solutions are deployed quickly and correctly.
 
Our Process
CCS strives for seamless integration and high touch customer service from the most highly certified and trained team possible. Clients are kept informed with monthly reports and quarterly reviews. From our detailed invoices to our process, clients regularly report that they appreciate our level of detail and transparency when it comes to their business. Our internal performance guidelines ensure that we continue to perform at peak level to service all of your IT needs.
 
Our Mission
CCS is a technology partner committed to our client’s future by listening, strategizing and implementing cost effective technology solutions. We are an extension of our client’s business and are interested and committed to their long-term success. We ensure that your technology supports the vision, experience and the passion that is the basis of a thriving business.

Our Vision
We are dedicated to becoming the premier technology solutions provider in the Bay Area by following these three tenets:

•    Listening to our clients and understanding their needs
•    Becoming our client’s trusted advisors
•    Following best practices, policies, and systems which create greater responsibility and accountability to the client and to each member of our team.

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