Sentry Credit, Inc. Joins Tech Lock Certified Program

Chicago – Tech Lock, Inc. announces the joining of Sentry Credit, Inc. to its Tech Lock Certified™ program. Tech Lock Certified™ is a holistic compliance assessment, combining multiple regulatory and industry standard control objectives into a single audit to provide the agency cost savings and provide their clients with a true data security compliance validation. This differs greatly from an audit such as a SAS 70 type II audit, which does not specify a pre-determined set of control objectives and thus why the American Institute of Certified Public Auditors (AICPA) does not recommend SAS 70 for data security evaluations.

Tech Lock Certified™ allows agencies to maximize their security audit investment and provides a tool to assist with the continual flow of client and creditor data security requirements asking companies like Sentry Credit to show proof of compliance with multiple standards or laws such as PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, GLBA, ISO 27002, Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth, and Nevada’s Personal Information Law NRS 603a. These compliance initiatives can require organizations to be in constant audit mode, thus reducing their focus on operational goals, metrics and results.

“It is important for Sentry Credit to ensure that the consumer data we process or store on our systems is secure as well as ensuring we meet our internal and external compliance goals,” says Michael Mathis, Sentry Credit’s President. “By entering the Tech Lock Certified™ program, we are ensuring that we are working with an industry expert to validate our information security program that we have in place to protect consumer information as well as to provide us an avenue to show our current clients that we have been and will continue to put consumer data protection at the top of our priority list.  Additionally the holistic or unified assessment framework applied by Tech Lock gives our business flexibility to move into additional asset classes, meet differing creditor requirements with a single report, and more importantly, take our information security program to the next level.”

“Sentry Credit has once again proved they are not a stereo-typical, old school agency,” says Todd Langusch, Tech Lock’s Chief Executive Officer. “Sentry Credit is among the initial agencies that are leading edge when it comes to data security and consumer data protection. Most agencies still view SAS 70 as a data security audit, which it is not. In addition, the majority of agencies do not have a holistic or unified compliance program in place. By entering into the Tech Lock Certified™ program, Sentry Credit is true to their word of Constant And Never-ending Improvement {CANI}. Sentry Credit is positioning itself well ahead of the sunset date for the often-misused SAS 70 auditing standard that will be replaced next year by SSAE 16.”

ABOUT SENTRY CREDIT, INC.
Sentry Credit, Inc. was founded by two young men who previously had worked as collection managers for a large national agency.  Their experiences led them to believe they knew a better way.  In June of 1992, their vision was realized, as Sentry Credit was born. Their mission was to create an agency that broke the mold of stereo-typical, old-school agencies and their tactics.  Constant And Never-ending Improvement (CANI) is the hallmark of the Sentry Credit management team.

ABOUT TECH LOCK, INC.
Tech Lock, Inc. is focused on serving the ARM industry, including credit grantors, collection agencies, debt buyers, service organizations, healthcare providers and more. Tech Lock’s IT professionals all possess Fortune 100 and ARM industry experience. This makes Tech Lock uniquely skilled in serving the ARM industry as it relates to information technology, data security, and regulatory compliance. Tech Lock is a service disabled veteran owned small business. For more information, please visit www.techlockinc.com.