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2. A data center audit can offer useful input
at different levels to help data center
managers to achieve their business goals.
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3. How Is a Data Center Audit Done?
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4. Auditing, whether in data centers or elsewhere,
starts with measuring and comparing.
It needs metrics and standards that can be applied
consistently and that give meaningful output.
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5. Data centers often use the AICPA SAS 70
audit, requiring organizations to make their
own system of controls, and then audits
those controls to tell its stakeholders how
well practice complies with policy.
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6. More recently, the AICPA brought in SSAE 16 and
three associated Service Organization Control
(SOC) reporting levels:
• A SOC 1 report concerns the accuracy and completeness of the
description of the system (the data center in this case) at a specific
date.
• A SOC 2 report provides details on controls for security, availability,
processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of a system and its
information.
• A SOC 3 report is for general release with a summary statement on
the effectiveness of the controls in place at the data center.
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7. Things that are wrong need to be identified.
Constructive auditing practices then offer a
structure within which to put things right.
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8. A popular approach is the “Five Cs”:
1. Condition: What is the problem?
2. Criteria: Which standard is not being met?
3. Cause: Why did the problem happen?
4. Consequence: What is the impact (risk, loss) due to
the problem?
5. Corrective action: What should data center
management do about the problem and by when?
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9. Whether the data center serves just one
organization or a number of different customers
as in a colocation service, data center
guarantees play a large part in the overall
credibility and brand image of an enterprise.
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10. While remaining objective, auditors take on a
counseling role rather than one of just a critic.
They use their knowledge of data centers to go
further than the numbers and to apply practical
business logic to make useful evaluations and
help in achieving business goals.
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11. Do you use internal or external
auditors for your data center
audit?
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12. Tell us how you handle this and any
pros and cons you see with either
approach, with a line or two in the
space beneath for Comments.
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