QTS Completes 2015 SOC 1® and SOC 2® Audits

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS), one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing providers of data center facilities and cloud services, has completed its annual American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Service Organization Control 1 Type II (SOC 1® Type II) and Service Organization Control 2 Type II (SOC 2® Type II) audit reports. A Big Four public accounting and auditing firm issued the reports after an examination of QTS' system of internal controls and procedures.

"QTS' successful completion of the SOC 1 and 2 reports demonstrates our continued commitment to providing secure and reliable services that meet and exceed our customers' compliance and security needs," said Oliver Schmidt, Chief Audit Executive – QTS. Schmidt leads QTS' dedicated in-house compliance team.

QTS' SOC 1® Type II and SOC 2® Type II reports are assurance that QTS meets the suitability of design and operating effectiveness of applicable controls. Completing the SOC reports, as well as critical compliance requirements such as HIPPA, FedRAMP, FISMA, PCI, demonstrates QTS' ability to mitigate security and availability risks.

Schmidt added, "The regulatory compliance, security and controls related to protecting data and systems are top priorities for today's enterprises, and QTS is committed to the logical and physical security of its customers' data assets."

The QTS SOC 1® Type II is prepared in accordance with the AICPA's Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No.16 Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization and covers the period from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015 and included controls relative to QTS' colocation and custom data center services.

The QTS SOC 2® is prepared in accordance with the Trust Services Principles and Criteria for security, availability, and confidentiality and covers the period from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015 for QTS systems and controls and provides users with operational assurance across QTS' 3C platform – custom data center (C1), colocation (C2) and cloud and managed services (C3).

About QTS 

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of secure, compliant data center solutions and fully managed services, and the owner of Carpathia Hosting, a leading provider of hybrid cloud services and managed hosting. QTS' integrated technology service platform of custom data center (C1), colocation (C2) and cloud and managed services (C3) provides flexible, scalable, secure IT solutions for web and IT applications. QTS' Critical Facilities Management (CFM) provides increased efficiency and greater performance for third-party data center owners and operators. QTS owns, operates or manages 25 data centers and supports more than 1,000 customers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow us on Twitter @DataCenters_QTS. 

Contact: Marlena Reedcommunications 21 for QTS404.814.1330[email protected]

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131007/CG92907LOGO

To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qts-completes-2015-soc-1-and-soc-2-audits-300188240.html

SOURCE QTS Realty Trust, Inc.