Compliance and certifications
At Scaleway, we place the utmost importance on our compliance with the latest certifications and standards, in order to best protect your data. Because transparency is a key value for us, you can find further information below on all the certifications that we hold, and how this protects your services.
We adhere to rigorous security and energy standards, and have a trustworthy range of compliance certifications. These attest to the implementation of effective governance in terms of security and energy, alongside rigorous technical verifications, which ensure the security of your data, and allow you to manage your energy spending.
The compliance program is audited annually by an international standardization body.
Compliance and certifications in more detail
ISO 27001:2013 - Information security management system
The ISO 27001:2013 standard certifies the implementation of an information security management system.
This standard specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system.
It guarantees that security best practices are followed for data protection.
HDS - Health data hosting
The HDS standard certifies the implementation of a personal health data security system.
This standard specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving a personal health data protection system.
It guarantees that best security practices are followed to protect your personal health data.
The HDS certification relies on the same scope as the ISO 27001 standard.
ISO 50001:2018 - Energy management systems
The ISO 50001:2018 standard certifies the implementation of an energy management system.
This standard specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an energy management system.
It guarantees that energy management best practices are followed to help you manage costs.
GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) was adopted by the European Parliament on 14 April 2016, and became enforceable on 25 May 2018. GDPR contains provisions and requirements related to the processing of personal data of individuals from the European Union.
Scaleway, as a data processor, implements all necessary technical and organizational measures in order to guarantee the security and confidentiality of clients’ data, in accordance with GDPR.
For more information about our commitments, see our Data Processing Agreement.
Tier 3 Uptime Institute: 2014
The Uptime Institute certification measures a data center’s capacity for reaching a specific level of performance for the services provided dependent on availability, redundancy and fault tolerance.
SWIPO
SWIPO (SWitching Cloud and POrting data) AISBL is a multi-stakeholder association facilitated by the European Commission with the mission to develop voluntary Codes of Conduct in support of Article 6 “Porting of Data” of the Free Flow on Non Personal Data Regulation (EU) 2018/1807.
Scaleway has declared adherence of several of its services to SWIPO’s code of conduct for Infrastructures as a Service (IaaS). The related transparency statement can be made available upon request.
Our commitments
Compute more, burn less
Fully transparent data center efficiency and environmental footprint.
Design considerations and recommendations
Data is a shared responsibility – between provider and customer. Design considerations and our recommendations for data protection.