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PRIVACY & SECURITY

Keep your data safe with Compa

Unlike legacy surveys, Compa is built for the highest levels of data privacy and security.

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Stop sharing spreadsheets on the internet

Compensation surveys are a data privacy liability. With software, your comp teams get secure, competitive analysis without scaring your support and compliance partners.

Our data privacy promise

Increase competitiveness

Compete more effectively by measuring market trends and adapting in real time.

Not another algorithm

Compa provides insights to comp teams to make decisions — it does not recommend actual pay amounts.

Eliminate privacy risk

Modern privacy protocols minimize data requirements and protect sensitive data.

Establish new standards

By using Compa, help build the next generation of security features for the world’s best comp teams.

Maintain compliance

Compa adheres to industry antitrust standards and complies with GDPR requirements.

Collaborative governance

We regularly collaborate with comp teams to review privacy standards and gather feedback on new privacy features.

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Privacy built by comp, for comp

Compa is for large enterprise technology companies. Our product team works closely with our customers to continuously evaluate and refine our privacy standards.

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ANTITRUST & REAL-TIME DATA

New technology, same standards, better control

While introducing new real-time technology, Compa doesn’t alter or replace the Safe Harbor standards that have defined compensation market data for decades.

  • Data privacy minimums
  • Data dominance limits
  • Configurable data recency and scope (“aging”)
  • No pricing algorithms or recommendations
  • No PII collected
  • Peer Groups require Compa approval
  • Data release multiple company minimums
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ENTERPRISE-GRADE SECURITY

Security for the best teams in the world

Compa is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. Since its founding days, Compa has worked with some of the best enterprise compensation teams to instill compliance in everything we do.

  • SOC2 Type II certified
  • GDPR compliant
  • AWS Region US West 2 (Oregon) & US East 1 (Virginia)
  • TLS 1.2+ encryption for transit
  • AES-256 for rest
  • No PII transferred
  • SSO required
  • No security breaches
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Modern and flexible privacy standards

We built Compa with the highest privacy and security standards to protect your data.
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Minimums and dominance

  • All market data is aggregate
  • Minimum of 3 companies and 5 data points
  • No one company can contribute more than 35% of data
  • Market data releases are limited by country, job, level, etc.
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Peer Groups

  • Peer Groups must contain 10 or more companies
  • Only admins can create Peer Groups, and only companies with completed integrations are available.
  • All Peer Groups require Compa approval
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Advanced Rules

  • Weight-by-Company reduces distortions and eliminates data dominance risk
  • Minimum new companies released
  • Old data mode allows access to aggregate anonymized data more than a specified number of days old
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The highest standards to protect your data

Organizational Security

Information Security Program

We have an Information Security Program in place that is communicated throughout the organization. Our Information Security Program follows the criteria set forth by the SOC 2 Framework. SOC 2 is a widely known information security auditing procedure created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Third-Party Audits

Our organization undergoes independent third-party assessments to test our security and compliance controls.

Third-Party Penetration Testing

We perform an independent third-party penetration at least annually to ensure that the security posture of our services is uncompromised.

Roles and Responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities related to our Information Security Program and the protection of our customer's data are well defined and documented. Our team members are required to review and accept all of the security policies.

Security Awareness Training

Our team members are required to go through employee security awareness training covering industry standard practices and information security topics such as phishing and password management.

Confidentiality

All team members are required to sign and adhere to an industry standard confidentiality agreement prior to their first day of work.

Background Checks

We perform background checks on all new team members in accordance with local laws.

Cloud Security

Cloud Infrastructure Security

All of our services are hosted with Amazon Web Services (AWS). They employ a robust security program with multiple certifications. For more information on our provider's security processes, please visit AWS Security.

Data Hosting Security

All of our data is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) databases. These databases are all located in the United States. Please reference the above vendor specific documentation linked above for more information.

Encryption at Rest

All databases are encrypted at rest.

Encryption in Transit

Our applications encrypt in transit with TLS/SSL only.

Vulnerability Scanning

We perform vulnerability scanning and actively monitor for threats.

Logging and Monitoring

We actively monitor and log various cloud services.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

We use our data hosting provider's backup services to reduce any risk of data loss in the event of a hardware failure. We utilize monitoring services to alert the team in the event of any failures affecting users.

Incident Response

We have a process for handling information security events which includes escalation procedures, rapid mitigation and communication.

Access Security

Permissions and Authentication

Access to cloud infrastructure and other sensitive tools are limited to authorized employees who require it for their role.

Where available we have Single Sign-on (SSO), 2-factor authentication (2FA) and strong password policies to ensure access to cloud services are protected.

Least Privilege Access Control

We follow the principle of least privilege with respect to identity and access management.

Quarterly Access Reviews

We perform quarterly access reviews of all team members with access to sensitive systems.

Password Requirements

All team members are required to adhere to a minimum set of password requirements and complexity for access.

Password Managers

All company issued laptops utilize a password manager for team members to manage passwords and maintain password complexity.

Vendor and Risk Management

Annual Risk Assessments

We undergo at least annual risk assessments to identify any potential threats, including considerations for fraud.

Vendor Risk Management

Vendor risk is determined and the appropriate vendor reviews are performed prior to authorizing a new vendor.

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