Simplifile, an eRecording service, successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II audit, meeting the SOC 2 criteria and standards for security. SOC 2, the same audit report used by Amazon Web Services and Google, validates the security of infrastructure and services and rapidly is becoming an industry standard.
Shelby County now eRecording with Simplifile
Shelby County, Missouri, now is accepting electronic documents for recording through Simplifile, providing customers with a faster, efficient online recording method.
eRecording is the method of submitting, receiving and processing documents such as land records for recording online, which otherwise are submitted by mail, runner or courier service.
“I want to offer the people of Shelby County fast and efficient service when they are trying to buy property and have documents released,” Shelby County Recorder of Deeds Audrey Buzzard said. “Many times a document present for recording will come from another county or state. If the document has a problem, requiring a rejection, it could take several days to complete via mail. In the case of eRecording it can be resolved within an hour.”
Shelby County is the 60th Missouri county to adopt Simplifile’s eRecording service, joining more than 1,200 recording jurisdictions nationwide that eRecord with Simplifile.
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“We take security seriously,” Simplifile’s Director of Information Systems Lance Grover said. “Completing this audit confirms and reassures our customers that we establish and maintain the highest level of internal controls and security.
Our customers can use Simplifile anytime, anywhere, knowing their information is safe.”
The Owen Group, who conducted the audit, verified Simplifile’s information security practice, policies and procedures met the SOC 2 criteria, stating in the report, “We have examined the description … and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls to meet the criteria for the security principle set forth in TSP (Trust Service Principles) section 100.”
The Trust Service Principles, which SOC 2 is based upon, are modeled around four broad areas: policies, communications, procedures and monitoring. Each principle has defined criteria that must be met to demonstrate adherence to the principles and produce an unqualified opinion, which means no significant exceptions found during the audit.
The security principle audit assesses data centers and their protection against unauthorized access, both physical and logical.
“Since we’ve been in business, we’ve been proactive in our efforts to ensure our customers never have to worry about the security of their information, documents and recordings,” Simplifile President Paul Clifford said.