DigitalOcean
Security and trust center evidence
DigitalOcean provides the easiest cloud platform to deploy, manage, and scale applications of any size, removing infrastructure friction
Summary
DigitalOcean has 2 registry-verified rows in the CertReports index, last verified 26 Oct 2026. The strongest row is CSA STAR: STAR Level 1 self-assessment (CAIQ). This page is independent of the vendor’s own trust centre: dates, sources and caveats come from CertReports captures.
Reviewer brief
DigitalOcean is listed in the CSA STAR registry with a Level 1 self-assessment (CAIQ) as of 17 Sep 2026. The CSA STAR listing for DigitalOcean was issued 24 Jan 2021, as of 17 Sep 2026. DigitalOcean is also listed in the Data Privacy Framework registry with active EU-US Certification, Swiss-US Certification and UK Extension Certification as of 17 Sep 2026. The Data Privacy Framework certifications held by DigitalOcean were issued 6 Feb 2017 and are set to expire 3 Mar 2027, as of 17 Sep 2026. Aside from the CSA STAR and Data Privacy Framework listings, no other frameworks appear in the evidence supplied for DigitalOcean as of 17 Sep 2026, so no public evidence was found for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or PCI DSS as of 17 Sep 2026.
- CSA STAR: Level 1 self-assessment (CAIQ) listed in CSA STAR registry, issued 24 Jan 2021, as of 17 Sep 2026.
- EU-US Data Privacy Framework: active EU-US, Swiss-US and UK Extension certifications listed in DPF registry, issued 6 Feb 2017, expires 3 Mar 2027, as of 17 Sep 2026.
- No public evidence found for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or PCI DSS as of 17 Sep 2026.
Facts only, each dated; nothing here is inferred, scored or advised. Brief generated 19 Sep 2026; it is regenerated whenever a row changes.
Among cloud and hosting vendors
2verified rows
Category median 0, across 145 indexed cloud and hosting vendors. DigitalOcean has more verified rows than 85 percent of them.
app deploymentcloud computinginfrastructure as a servicescalability
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Legal artefacts
No DPA, BAA or subprocessor list has been captured from a public page yet. Registry rows above do not depend on this. Check the vendor trust centre.
Subprocessors
No subprocessor list captured yet.
Change history
- 19 Sep 2026Trust centre movedTrust centre URL is now https://www.digitalocean.com/trust.
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