Headquartered in Yankton, SD, Site-Four LLC, a venture of the cuasterisk.com CUSO network, announced today the availability of its most recent SSAE 16 (SOC 1, Type 2) audit report. The audit was performed by Crowe Horwath LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm based in Oak Brook, IL, covering the period of October 1st, 2016 through April 30th, 2017.

SSAE 16 is an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The SSAE 16 supersedes the SAS 70, and is designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an acceptable method for management to obtain assertions about service organization internal controls without conducting separate assessments.

The control objectives audited by the SSAE 16 (SOC 1, Type 2) report addresses Site-Four business operations in relation to:
• Availability
• Change Management
• Customer Support
• Data Backup
• Database Security
• Logical Access
• Systems Availability and Monitoring
• Network Security

The SSAE 16 report affirms Site-Four’s system design and organizational controls, meeting or exceeding the standards and industry benchmarks of the AICPA. “Site-Four is extremely pleased to have successfully completed this audit once again,” says Alan Rogers, Site-Four CEO. “We see this as a testament of our commitment to ensure the security and integrity of our customer’s data. Our continued participation in this auditing process generates value for our customers in their efforts to meet regulatory and compliance requirements at the credit union.”