Enterprise Mobility Leader Strengthens Commitment to Provide Enterprise-grade Products and Services with the Highest Quality and Security
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 14, 2014–
Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, today announced that it has strengthened its security credentials for its mobile application software and cloud services, including achieving SOC 2 (Service Organization Controls), ISO 27001 (International Organization for Standardization) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) certifications, which are considered the best-known standards for information security. These certifications solidify Kony’s commitment to delivering innovative, market-leading mobile solutions that meets the highest standard for quality and security.
Kony powers the world’s largest and most highly regulated companies in industries, such as financial services and healthcare, and is committed to the critical standard security and compliance plays for its enterprise customers. Most recently, Kony has received that following certifications for security and compliance:
- SOC 2 Report – By achieving this certifications, Kony confirmed it has security, availability, privacy, confidentiality and processes integrity controls.
- ISO 27001 certification – Kony, Inc. has received this certification in all of its regional locations. This certification was achieved by Kony’s ability to demonstrate how it can effectively mitigate information security related risks for customers.
- HIPAA – This healthcare security rule protects individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used or maintained by a covered entity. This rule requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards.
The ISO 27001 certification relates to the management, operation and maintenance of the assets, information systems and the associated processes that enable the design, development, testing and delivery of Kony’s mobile application and multi-edge application platform.
“As an industry leader in providing mobility solutions to the world’s leading organizations, Kony has set the highest standard for our products and services,” said Sriram Ramanathan, chief technology officer, Kony, Inc. “Our goal is to provide our clients with the utmost confidence in our mobility solutions, and achieving all of these global security and compliance standards is a testament to this commitment.”
In addition, Kony complies with security standards such as Payment Card Industry security standard (PCI) for managing credit card data and personal information. Applications developed and hosted by Kony are tested regularly by an approved Qualified Security Assessor and are certified to be FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) 140-2, 508, and PCI compliant. Kony follows industry-standard practices during the design, development, testing and deployment of applications to ensure compliance. Specifically, Kony products conform to the following security standards:
- PCI compliance
- 508 compliance
- FIPS 140-2 compliance
- OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities support
- Security implementation for critical businesses
- Cross-site scripting prevention technology
- On-device encryption support
Additional Resources
Kony Security Certifications and Credentials
About Kony
Kony is the fastest-growing, cloud-based enterprise mobility solutions company and an industry leader among mobile application development platform (MADP) providers. Kony empowers today’s leading organizations to compete in mobile time by rapidly delivering multi-edge mobile apps across the broadest array of devices and systems, today and in the future. Kony offers ready-to-run business mobile apps to help organizations better engage with customers and partners, as well as increase employee productivity through mobile device access to company systems and information. Powered by Kony’s industry-leading Mobility Platform, enterprises can design, build, configure, and manage mobile apps across the entire software development lifecycle, and get to market faster with a lower total of ownership.
For two years in a row, Gartner has named Kony a Leader in its Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms.Kony was also honored in the Mobile Star Awards for achievements in enterprise application development; named the first place winner in CTIA’s MobITs Awards in the Mobile Applications, Development & Platforms category, and included on the Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest growing private companies in America. For more information, please visit www.kony.com. Connect with Kony on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Media Contacts:
Kony, Inc.
Jean Kondo, +1 510-823-4728
jean.kondo@kony.com
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