La Crosse, WI – November 15, 2011– Locknet, Inc. today announced that it will undergo the MSPAlliance’s (MSPA) Unified Certification Standard for Cloud and Managed Service Providers audit (UCS).
UCS is the first program of its kind, specifically designed and created to provide business consumers of cloud and managed services with the assurance that the service provider they hire meets or exceeds the highest principles of quality in areas such as financial stability, facilities, managed services practices, and customer satisfaction.
“The UCS audit is a rigorous audit and certification process that benchmarks and verifies the quality of the company providing managed services,” said Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance president. “We are very proud to have Locknet® undertake this important milestone for cloud and MSPs.”
UCS was created, using a wide base of criteria, to benchmark Managed IT Solution Providers thereby ensuring that they have met and exceed well-established standards of excellence and client care. Clients who select a company that is part of the UCS can also rest assured that their IT solution provider has met and exceeded the following standards:
- Physical & Virtual Security
- Business & Financial stability
- Company has taken reasonable steps to assure that the client’s IT needs will be safely and professionally addressed
- Company is under constant external review from the MSPAlliance and the IT profession to continually maintain and improve standards of care of excellence
The UCS audit is performed by Frost, PLLC, a third party accounting firm.
“Locknet® is committed to providing industry-leading, security solutions. For our external audit, it was imperative that we select an organization that understands our industry,” said Peter Kujawa, Locknet® president. “The UCS audit is tough, but successful completion will help solidify our clients’ confidence in us.”
The MSPAlliance, with over 15,000 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 LOCKNET®
Over the last thirty years, Locknet® has grown into one of the largest managed services providers in the Midwest, serving hundreds of clients throughout the upper Midwest.
Today, Locknet® offers a suite of products and services including; offsite back up with data recovery, proactive network management and security, as well as installation and support of IT infrastructures. Locknet® houses its own state-of-the-art support center in La Crosse, WI and provides full-service 24/7 support.
Accredited by the Managed Services Provider Alliance, Locknet® is also one of 36 CompTIA Security Trustmark Verified companies in the country and is a member of numerous Banking Associations including; Community Bankers of Iowa, Community Bankers of Wisconsin, Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota, Iowa Bankers Association, Iowa Credit Union League, Minnesota Bankers Association, Minnesota Credit Union Network, Wisconsin Bankers Association, and Wisconsin Credit Union League.