Our certifications
Dedicated to providing excellence
Our certifications and compliance division works tirelessly to meet all relevant industry standards for your peace of mind. Each certification shows our commitment to continuous business improvement through our people, practices and technology.
We are the first 100% carbon neutral hosting company in the UK, having achieved PAS 2060. We share and support your environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility values.
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Our ISO certifications
ISO 27017:2015
ISO 27017 provides information security controls that must be implemented, specifically relating to cloud services.

ISO 22301:2019
ISO 22301:2019 provides a framework for the continual maintenance and improvement of a business continuity management system.
ISO 9001:2015
We have implemented an internal Quality Management System (QMS) – certified to ISO 9001:2015 standards – which is maintained and improved to ensure we meet the expectations of our clients.

ISO 27018:2019
We provide secure public cloud computing environments for the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), certified to ISO 27018:2019 standards. ISO 27018:2019 complements much of the data processing responsibilities set out by the GDPR in its aims to protect personal data in addition to EU requirements.

ISO 27001:2013
We provide secure web hosting to clients worldwide, offering hosting services certified to the ISO 27001:2013 standard – ensuring the security of your own data and the services ANS provides. ISO27001:2013 certifies that we take information security seriously across all of our business operations.

ISO 14001:2015
As part of our commitment to managing our carbon footprint, we are certified to the environmental standards of ISO 14001:2015.

ISO 20000:2018
The standard recognises best practices for IT service management and ensures customer requirements for managed services are met in an efficient manner. It demonstrates our continued commitment to achieving service management excellence – a crucial differentiator that ensures the delivery of high-quality service to our customers.
Compliance and endorsements
PCI Compliance
We are a PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Level 1 Service provider, ensuring our operational business processes uphold the levels of security required by the payment card industry.

NICEIC Electrical Contractor
This accreditation enables us not only to guarantee the highest quality of electrical work but to increase the speed at which it is carried out by having engineers onsite at our data centres and across our property portfolio. We take power seriously.
We’re the only data centre owner and operator in the UK that is an approved NICEIC electrical contractor.

Carbon Footprint Standard (PAS 2060)
We are certified by the Carbon Footprint Standard. We recognise the need to develop carbon-efficient hosting solutions to reduce our environmental impact and that of our existing and future customers, that’s why ANS Is a carbon-neutral hosting provider.

Cyber Essentials
This government-endorsed standard demonstrates that we have implemented the essential security requirements for protecting your data, and that of your client’s, against unskilled internet-based cyber attackers.

Cyber Essentials +
This enhanced government-endorsed standard demonstrates that we have implemented the essential plus security requirements for protecting your data, and that of your client’s, against unskilled internet-based cyber attackers.

G-Cloud 12
ANS are government-approved suppliers through the G-Cloud 12 framework, enabling public sector departments to purchase our OJEU compliant hosting solutions with ease, speed and confidence.

Cisco CMSP
ANS is part of Cisco’s CMSP (Cloud and Managed Service Provider) partnership program. This ensures that every product we build, sell and support follows service delivery management best practices and is backed by Cisco’s support.
