Security at 吃瓜头条
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Last Updated: May 13, 2025
Overview
From inception, 吃瓜头条 recognized the need to have security architected throughout the 吃瓜头条 Climate Management & Account Platform (CMAP) and our supporting services. Our customers share data to calculate their carbon footprint and expect their data to be kept secure and confidential. 吃瓜头条 has invested heavily in our platform to enable enterprise-grade security features and processes. With this, 吃瓜头条's security posture is guided and maintained by four (4) security principles as described further on this page:
- Provision and Manage Users with the Principle of Least Privilege
- Architect and Develop for Security and Privacy
- Train and Educate on Security Repeatedly
- Align and Comply with Industry Security Standards
For further information of 吃瓜头条's security and privacy controls or to request copies of 吃瓜头条's audit reports and certifications, please visit .
Shared Security Responsibility Model (SSRM)
As a Software as a Service (SaaS) application hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS), we maintain a list of security responsibilities that are shared between AWS, 吃瓜头条, and 吃瓜头条’s customers. At a summary level those responsibilities are:?
- AWS is responsible for the physical data centers, networking, perimeter security, hardware configurations, and availability of the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services provided to 吃瓜头条 for use in the CMAP.?
- 吃瓜头条 is responsible for security configurations including but not limited to data encryption at rest and in transit, network and firewall restrictions, and application, database,? container, and infrastructure security.
- 吃瓜头条's customers are responsible for the proper use of and security access configurations in the CMAP. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to user setup and management, user access reviews, data quality, data classification standards, third-party integration setup, and, as applicable, the single sign-on (SSO) setup.
Principle 1: Provision and Manage Users with the Principle of Least Privilege
- The security principle of "least privilege" is utilized across all 吃瓜头条 systems. Access to platform code and data depends on the resource’s role, and production access by employees is particularly controlled and restricted.
- 吃瓜头条 utilizes Privileged Access Management (PAM) to manage and audit access to production infrastructure. Using PAM, developers must request access to a production system and the request must be approved by 吃瓜头条’s Engineering leadership. Once access is granted, the access duration is limited to a specific duration and activity logs are available for later review.
- 吃瓜头条 reviews 吃瓜头条 personnel access to all? systems at least quarterly.
- Customers are responsible for reviewing access to their 吃瓜头条 account following their own access review policies and procedures. 吃瓜头条 employees with direct access to customer accounts are always shown in 吃瓜头条 User Manager screen, so customers have a full view of all users with access to their data.
Principle 2: Architect and Develop for Security and Privacy
Architecture
- The 吃瓜头条 CMAP consists of a multi-tier, multi-tenant SaaS application hosted in AWS and is architected into four distinct tiers or layers: the highly protected database tier, API tier, front-end tier, and web browser (which is managed by the customer).?
- Web application firewalls, security groups, access control lists, and other security detection and control mechanisms are deployed between layers to provide multiple layers of protection between the internet and database tier.?
Authentication
- 吃瓜头条 supports identity provider (IdP) initiated SSO via the SAML protocol with IdPs such as Okta, Microsoft, and Ping.
- If SSO is not utilized, 吃瓜头条 uses password-less authentication and emails one-time access codes to users during user authentication. 吃瓜头条 does lock accounts after 5 failed login attempts. 吃瓜头条 also allows customers to enable multi-factor authentication and IP allow listings.
Data Storage and Backup
- 吃瓜头条's multi-tenant architecture concurrently stores data in AWS US-East 2 (Ohio), EU-West 1 (Ireland), and AP-Northeast 1 (Tokyo).
- Data within the 吃瓜头条 Platform is backed up continuously and can be restored to any point in the last 72 hours.?
- Additionally, backups are taken each day and maintained for at least a year.?
- Backups will always be encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption and are stored in secure, geographically dispersed AWS S3 buckets.
Encryption
- 吃瓜头条 utilizes encryption at rest using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256 and encryption in transit via TLS 1.2 or above. 吃瓜头条 also utilizes Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) ciphers for data transmission outside the CMAP.
- 吃瓜头条's multi-tenant architecture utilizes AWS managed encryption keys.
Monitoring & Logging
- 吃瓜头条 maintains monitoring and logging for each level of the platform's architecture, including databases, containers, load balancers, firewalls, and other application components.
- 吃瓜头条 maintains all log information for at least one year for security reviews.
- If a security event is identified to be a threat, 吃瓜头条 Engineering and Information Security teams are notified immediately to triage, classify, contain, and remediate the security event or incident, including details such as the time of the event and impact to the platform.
Physical Security
- 吃瓜头条 is hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS), and AWS data centers maintain several physical security controls to protect 吃瓜头条 and customer data. 吃瓜头条 reviews and validates AWS security controls at least annually to affirm they are operating effectively. Please navigate the page for further information on its data center controls.?
Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- 吃瓜头条 implements automated and manual review processes to ensure quality and security assurance in our software development processes starting from product design and feature creation through deployment to production.
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST) of the platform's containers, software packages, and code is conducted with each software build.
Vulnerability Management
- 吃瓜头条 is vulnerability tested and secured through several threat management processes, including:
- External network vulnerability scanning is conducted monthly.
- Penetration testing is conducted at least quarterly by a third-party vendor, including the following testing types:
- External Network
- API
- Gray Box Application
Network & System Hardening Standards
- 吃瓜头条 implements its application infrastructure and network configurations with guidance from industry-leading security standards such as NIST Cybersecurity and CIS Level 2 frameworks.
- 吃瓜头条 maintains and executes security baseline requirements for each layer of the platform architecture.
Principle 3: Train and Educate on Security Repeatedly
- All 吃瓜头条 employees and contractors undergo security awareness and data privacy training upon hire and annually thereafter.
- All 吃瓜头条 employees and contractors undergo criminal background checks before starting at 吃瓜头条.
- All 吃瓜头条 Engineering personnel undergo secure development + OWASP 10 training upon hire and annually thereafter.
- Informal security awareness training is conducted every two weeks during 吃瓜头条 all company meetings.
Principle 4: Align and Comply with Industry Security & Privacy Standards?
Security Compliance
- 吃瓜头条 maintains a robust information security management system (ISMS) that a third-party auditor audits annually to maintain compliance with the following industry-standard security frameworks (all of these reports and certificates can be downloaded from ):
- SOC 1 Type II: An attestation that provides an external auditor’s validation that 吃瓜头条 maintains appropriate controls around the Climate Management and Accounting Platform (CMAP) for customer financial reporting purposes (specific to carbon accounting).
- SOC 2 Type II: An attestation that provides an external auditor’s validation that 吃瓜头条's security controls were in place and effective for the report’s coverage period as related to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant's (AICPA) trust service principles. 吃瓜头条 was audited against the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality trust service principles.
- ISO 27001: A certification that provides external auditor validation that an effective Information Security Management System (ISMS) has been established to identify and manage information risks through a comprehensive set of company-wide processes and security controls, including procedures and controls that continually improve the ISMS.
- ISO 27017: A certification that provides external auditor validation that 吃瓜头条's ISMS includes controls for the secure management of 吃瓜头条's cloud infrastructure as well as cloud service security for users of the 吃瓜头条 CMAP. Note: ISO 27017 is an extension of the ISO 27001 security framework, and as such, 吃瓜头条's ISO 27017 certification is included in 吃瓜头条's ISO 27001 certificate.
- CSA STAR Level 2 Gold: A certification that provides external auditor validation that 吃瓜头条’s security controls are implemented according to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ).
Privacy Compliance
- 吃瓜头条 is prepared to comply with obligations applicable to it according to global data protection laws, including GDPR and CCPA. Please see our Privacy Policy for further information on your data privacy rights and how we comply with these regulations.
- Since Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is not required for carbon accounting calculations, 吃瓜头条 stores and processes very limited PII. Only users’ first name, last name, business email address, and IP address are stored in order to support authentication, logging, and audit requirements.
- Further to the shared data security responsibility principles, 吃瓜头条 specifically requests that customers do not upload other PII to the CMAP.
