SmartSimple presents Your Data in the Cloud

Your Data in the Cloud

Chin Chuah

Systems Controller

Your Data in the Cloud

• What is the Cloud?– Benefits to the Cloud

• SmartSimple as a Cloud– Platform Security– Backup Redundancy– Server Configuration Options– Hosting Location Security

What is the Cloud?

• Non-local resource pool made transparent– Transparency vs the unknown

What is the Cloud?

Distributed Resources

Efficiency

ScalabilityReliability

Benefits to the Cloud

• Efficiency– Faster setup and maintenance, infrastructure

already in place– On demand resources, use only what you

need– Ease of maintenance– Lower costs

Benefits to the Cloud

• Reliability– Hosting providers are specialized knowledge

experts– Greater variety and access to resources

inherent to resource pooling– Redundancy inherent to resource pooling

Benefits to the Cloud

• Scalability– Easy to expand resources– Easy to clone copies

SmartSimple Cloud

Platform Security

• SmartSimple maintains CSAE3416 (SSAE16) Third Party Assurance Audit

• Recently completed PCI DSS• Data encrypted in motion 256-bit SSL• Data encrypted at rest AES 256-bit key• Secure data disposal

Platform Security

• Robust security model that fits your business

• HTTP Filter prevents XSS• Platform Architecture prevents SQL

injection

Backup Redundancy

• Daily backups• Hot backup server always accessible• Optional incremental backups archived for

90 days

Server Configuration Options

• Physical Server– Single Server– Two-Server application and database– Multi-Server cluster

• Cloud Server

Hosting Location SecurityPhysical Hosting (PEER1)

Cloud Hosting (Amazon EC2)

Location Canada - Toronto US - North VirginiaUS - OregonUS - North CaliforniaEU - Ireland

Certifications CSAE3416 (SSAE16)PCI DSS

SSAE16 (CSAE3416)PCI DSSFISMA ModerateHIPAA

Companies Using Amazon AWS

• Dow Jones• Linkedin• Expedia• Uniliver• SAP• Citrix

• Nokia• Suncorp• Thomson Reuters• Netflix• Pfizer• CDC Biosense 2.0

SmartSimple Layers

SmartSimple

Components

Operating System

Hardware Infrastructure

Thank You!

• Questions?