Eloqua Only Marketing Automation Company to Successfully Complete SAS Type II Audit

Security, Internal Controls, Quality Assurance and Procedures Exceed All Competitors

January 19, 2010

Eloqua, the category-defining marketing automation leader today announced it successfully completed its second SAS 70 audit with independent auditors. The successful completion of this SAS 70 Type II audit for 2009 validates Eloqua's position as the safest and most reliable marketing automation provider.

SAS 70 is an internationally recognized auditing standard for service organizations developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This standard helps companies identify service vendors that comply with rigorous business processes and audit standards.

"We adhere to the most stringent enterprise level standards, period," said Joe Payne, CEO, Eloqua. "This audit proves our commitment to meeting the needs of our 30,000 users through the safekeeping of 13 terabytes of their valued data. New entrants in this market lag considerably in the area of business processes, exposing their clients' sensitive data to risk."

In a recent blog post on TechRepublic entitled "Cloud computing migration issues: what you need to know," author Rick Freedman notes that security is the highest priority when selecting cloud-based services. He writes, "Security is an obvious threshold question; if the cloud is not secure, enterprises won't consider migrating their sensitive data to it, and the conversation is over."

Eloqua maintains a record of zero known security breaches, and the company's data is hosted at Verizon, a SAS 70 Type II audited data center. Eloqua is the only marketing automation provider to boast both SAS 70 audited software platform and be hosted in a SAS 70 audited facility, underscoring its unrivaled commitment to the highest operational standards.

The audit was conducted by SAS 70 Solutions, an independent service auditor. For an audit period of six months, auditors review various types of logged data to ensure consistent adherence to define controls and procedures in the areas of production system operations, product development and quality assurance, human resources policies and practices, management oversight, and monitoring.

 

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