NCC Group Security Services Limited
Covert Physical Attack Simulation (Black Team)
NCC Group's Physical Security Review is an overt assessment designed to identify vulnerabilities in your physical security posture. Delivered by experienced consultants, it includes policy reviews, perimeter checks, access card technology analysis, and optional breach attempts, providing actionable insights and evidence-based recommendations to strengthen organisational resilience against physical threats.
Features
- Overt physical security assessment conducted by experienced NCC Group consultants
- Optional simplistic breach attempt demonstrates real-world vulnerabilities effectively
- Comprehensive perimeter review identifies exploitable weaknesses in physical barriers
- In-practice policy review evaluates actual adherence to documented procedures
- Access card technology analysis highlights susceptibility to cloning attacks
- Limited Wi-Fi review assesses exposure to based wireless threats
- Post-breach analysis reveals additional risks after initial compromise occurs
- Detailed evidence-based reporting includes proof of concept demonstrations
- Multi-site analysis compares security posture across different organisational environments
- Engagement tailored for safety, detailing deficiencies in your cyber controls.
Benefits
- Provides assurance by identifying vulnerabilities enabling unauthorised physical access
- Evidence-based findings supported with live demonstrations
- Led and managed by full time, dedicated physical assessment consultants
- Optional breach attempts strengthens internal business case for security improvements
- Rapid delivery ensures timely assessment without operational disruption
- Highlights real-world policy gaps beyond theoretical documentation effectively
- Enables prioritised remediation with actionable recommendations tailored to risk
- Improves organisational resilience against physical threats and blended cyber attacks
- Builds awareness among staff and stakeholders on physical security importance
- Protects reputation and reduces risk of catastrophic physical compromise
Pricing
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
5 9 7 1 5 5 7 2 0 6 2 2 3 9 9
Contact
NCC Group Security Services Limited
Karen Fryatt
Telephone: 07717800461
Email: bidteam@nccgroup.com
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Security Services
- Security risk management
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Security quality assurance (QA) and testing
Service scope
- Service constraints
- Not Applicable
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- No
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
- NCC Group's Account Managers are available 09:00-17:30 Monday to Friday to handle customer queries and requests.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Developed Vetting (DV)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Security architect | £1,244.50 | £1,244.50 |
| Lead security architect | £1,476.00 | £1,476.00 |
| Principal security architect | £1,927.00 | £1,927.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate solution architect | £716.50 | £716.50 |
| Solution architect | £921.00 | £921.00 |
| Senior solution architect | £1,092.50 | £1,092.50 |
| Lead solution architect | £1,217.50 | £1,217.50 |
| Principal solution architect | £1,426.00 | £1,426.00 |
Chief digital and data roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Chief data officer | £3,372.00 | £3,372.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Chief information security officer | £1,927.00 | £1,927.00 |
Cyber security roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lead cyber security audit and assurance | £1,645.50 | £1,645.50 |
| Principal cyber security audit and assurance | £1,927.00 | £1,927.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security governance and risk manager | £968.50 | £968.50 |
| Lead cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,476.00 | £1,476.00 |
| Principal cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,927.00 | £1,927.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security monitoring | £129.00 | £129.00 |
| Lead cyber security monitoring | £193.00 | £193.00 |
| Principal cyber security monitoring | £237.00 | £237.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber incident response | £1,900.00 | £1,900.00 |
| Lead cyber security incident response | £2,100.00 | £2,100.00 |
| Principal cyber security incident response | £2,300.00 | £2,300.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security vulnerability management | £1,900.00 | £1,900.00 |
| Lead cyber security vulnerability management | £2,100.00 | £2,100.00 |
| Principal cyber security vulnerability management | £2,300.00 | £2,300.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security digital forensics | £1,900.00 | £1,900.00 |
| Lead cyber security digital forensics | £2,100.00 | £2,100.00 |
| Principal cyber security digital forensics | £2,300.00 | £2,300.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security testing | £1,154.00 | £1,027.00 |
| Lead cyber security penetration testing | £1,592.50 | £1,490.00 |
| Principal cyber security testing | £3,079.50 | £1,550.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security secure systems architecture and design | £1,154.00 | £1,027.00 |
| Lead cyber security secure systems architecture and design | £1,592.50 | £1,490.00 |
| Principal cyber security secure systems architecture and design | £3,079.50 | £1,550.00 |
Data roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Data governance manager | £1,476.00 | £1,476.00 |
| Lead data governance manager | £1,645.50 | £1,645.50 |
| Head of data governance | £1,927.00 | £1,927.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior machine learning engineer | £1,830.00 | £1,550.00 |
| Lead machine learning engineer | £3,079.50 | £1,550.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- LRQA
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- Wednesday 30 October 2024
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- Not Applicable
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
- LRQA
- ISO 9001 accreditation date
- Wednesday 30 October 2024
- What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
- Not Applicable
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- 02daa34b-a80e-4931-89fe-9fe131397d1a
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- E54c3d43-c498-4966-a451-14770e9996bc
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
- New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
- New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
- Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
- Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
- Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
- Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
- Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
- Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
- Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
- Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
- Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
- Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
- Volunteering opportunities for staff
- Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
- Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
- Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
- Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
- Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
- Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
- Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
- Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
- Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
- Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
- Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
- Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
- Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
- Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
- Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
- Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
- Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
- Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
- Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
- Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
- Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
- Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
- Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
- Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
- Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
- Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
- Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
- Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
- Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
- Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
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Service documents
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