Piedmont Payment Services, a pioneer in creating new ways for customers to pay their bills, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2 audit, achieving compliance with the leading industry standards for customer data security. This report shows Piedmont’s ongoing commitment to providing a secure data environment for our customers.
Developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), a SOC 2 information security standard is a report that validates controls relevant to security, availability, integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
The audit was completed with the help of Johanson Group LLP, a premier certification body helping organizations to obtain and maintain global compliance standards.
Johanson Group attested to Piedmont’s information security controls meeting the leading industry standards for the payments, insurance and financial services. Johanson Group specializes in SOC 2 audits and provides audit and professional services to public and private companies, large and small, in a variety of industries.
SOC 2 has a rigorous requirement on how companies handle customer data and information, so compliance guarantees there are established and implemented organizational practices in place to safeguard customer data.
At its core, Piedmont is committed to providing innovative payment solutions and mission-critical data to industries such as insurance, financial services and health care. Data integrity and security is a fundamental part of how Piedmont manages user identity. SOC2 Type 2 compliance represents a commitment that secure systems and controls are maintained by the organization on an ongoing basis.