Defensative (makers of NetWatcher™ To Undergo International MSP & Cloud Certification
Defensative (makers of NetWatcher™) to Begin the MSP/Cloud Verify examination process; vendor agnostic Certification for Cloud and Managed Services Practitioners Worldwide Provides Quality Assurance, and Stamp of Reliability for Current, Potential Customers
Reston, VA 6/24/2016 – Defensative (makers of NetWatcher™) today announced that it will undergo the MSPAlliance’s MSP/Cloud Verify Program (MSPCV), the oldest certification for cloud computing and managed services. The MSPCV is based on the 10 control objectives of the Unified Certification Standard for Cloud & MSPs.
The MSPCV was the first certification created specifically for the managed services and cloud industry. Every certification comes with a written report with the entire process documented, validated and signed by a 3rd party accounting firm. The MSPCV has been reviewed by governmental agencies and regulatory bodies across the globe and used and accepted in 5 continents around the world.
“The MSPCV examination is a rigorous certification process that benchmarks and verifies the quality of the company providing cloud and/or managed services,” said Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance CEO. “We are very proud to have Defensative undertake this important milestone for cloud and MSPs.”
MSPCV was created, using a wide base of criteria, to certify cloud and Managed IT Solution Providers thereby ensuring that they have met and exceed well-established standards of excellence and client care. Customers who select a company that is part of the MSPCV can also rest assured that their IT solution provider has met and exceeded the following standards dealing with:
- Corporate Risk Management
- Documentation
- Service & Program Change Management
- Event Management
- Logical Security
- Data privacy, security, and integrity
- Physical security
- Managed services SLA, reporting, and billing
- Corporate health
- Company is under constant external review from the MSPAlliance and the IT profession to continually maintain and improve standards of care of excellence
The MSPCV examination is performed by a third party accounting firm.
“We are always looking for ways to improve our service and our value to our clients. Our desire to complete this rigorous certification process shows our commitment to excellence and the highest standards of quality in supporting our current and future business clients.” – Scott Suhy, CEO of Defensative (makers of NetWatcher)
The MSPAlliance, with over 25,000 corporate members worldwide, is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using Managed Service Providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve.
ABOUT DEFENSATIVE (makers of NetWatcher)
Defensative’s founders have a vision that every small and medium size enterprise should have access to the same cyber security protection that the Fortune 1000 have at their disposal. The NetWatcher team believes that cyber security protection should be easy to install, easy to use, easy to understand, highly accurate and affordable for any size organization. For more information, visit www.netwatcher.com
ABOUT MSPALLIANCE
Since 2000, the MSPAlliance has been the only unified voice for the Managed Services Industry, and the only organization that promotes the highest level of professionalism, reliability and integrity. As the world’s largest Professional Association and Certification Body for the Managed Services Industry, the MSPAlliance was created to meet the needs of the Managed Services Professional and to educate and protect the consumers of managed services and cloud. For more information, visit www.mspalliance.com
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