Common use of SECURITY PROCESSES Clause in Contracts

SECURITY PROCESSES. If requested by an Authorized User as part the Request for Quote process, Contractor shall complete a Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) including on an annual basis thereafter, if requested by the Authorized User. The CAIQ is available at Cloud Security Alliance (xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/). The CAIQ may be used to assist the Authorized User in building the necessary assessment processes when engaging with Contractors. In addition to a request for a CAIQ, Contractor shall cooperate with all reasonable Authorized User requests for a Written description of Contractor’s physical/virtual security and/or internal control processes. The Authorized User shall have the right to reject any Contractor’s RFQ response or terminate an Authorized User Agreement when such a request has been denied. For example, Federal, State and local regulations and/or laws may require that Contractors operate within the Authorized User’s regulatory environment. In order to ensure that security is adequate and free of gaps in control coverage, the Authorized User may require information from the Contractor’s Service Organization Controls (SOC) audit report.