21st Century Technologies Becomes First Data Centre to Secure MTCS Certification in Africa

21^st Century Technologies has become the first data center in Africa to achieve Multi-tier cloud security (MTCS) standard.

This standard describes the relevant cloud computing security practices and controls for public cloud users, public cloud service providers, auditors and certifiers.

With this new milestone, 21^st Century Technologies Data Center has become the most certified Data Centre in Africa with 8 top certifications.

Oluseyi Akindeinde, chief technical officer, Digital Encode- 21^st Century Compliance Advisory Consultant, said that the Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) Standard is the world’s first cloud security standard that covers multiple tiers of cloud security.

“It can be adopted by Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) to meet different cloud user needs for data sensitivity and business criticality. This certificate is a strong indicator that 21^st century technologies Ltd consistently has its customers’ interest at the core of its business operations and is committed to securing customer information as well as maintaining a safe and secure environment for customer data.

Wale Ajisebutu, chief executive officer, 21^st Century Technologies, said that 21^st Century Technologies Data Center is Tier IV designed allowing all active capacity and distribution components to be concurrently maintainable.

“This allows preventive and corrective maintenance activities to be carried out without service downtime. Sufficient power and cooling capacity are available to simultaneously support the load on one path while performing maintenance or testing on the other. Multiple power generators and back-up power ensure that uptime guarantee is achieved.

Wale Obadare, chief operating officer, Digital Encode, noted that 21^st Century Technologies is today positioned to deliver reliable and uptime data centre services to businesses in Nigeria and Africa.

“The multiple certifications of 21^st Century Technologies Data Centre demonstrate compliance to globally accepted standards on high availability, commitment towards the security and protection of the information assets of the company and its customers, and provides assurance of the quality of the Data Centre’s infrastructure and ability to react to disruptions due to unplanned activities”.

21^st Century is today the most certified Data Centre in Africa with eight certifications which includes; Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) which certifies the Data center to process payment card information,  ISO 9001 for Quality Management System,  ISO 27001 for Information Security Management System, ISO 20000 that certifies the Data Centre for Service Management System, ISO 22301 that certifies the Data Centre in Business Continuity Management System , ISO 14001 that certifies the Data Centre for Environmental Management System , ISO 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management System and  MCTS – Multi–Tier Cloud Computing Management System.

21^st Century Technologies Data Center is Tier IV designed allowing all active capacity and distribution components to be concurrently maintainable.

This allows preventive and corrective maintenance activities to be carried out without service downtime. Sufficient power and cooling capacity are available to simultaneously support the load on one path while performing maintenance or testing on the other. Multiple power generators and back-up power ensure that uptime guarantee is achieved.