GRADIAN SYSTEMS LTD

Echoworx Oneworld Email Encryption

Oneworld Encryption, powered by Echoworx, is a boundary-based encrypted email service that will encrypt sensitive emails and attachments before they leave the organisation. Full branded portal capability to support push-pull encryption, including Secure PDF, Web Portal and S/MIME

Features

• Outlook Add-In offer easy Encrypt Button to enterprise senders
• Message Recall (by the sender) for messages in web portal
• Multiple authentication options for recipients
• Custom Branding on encrypted emails, notification emails, inside web porta
• Encrypted reply option for external recipients
• eStatement Encryption mode where only attachments are encrypted
• The above includes PDF and Office (XML) encryption

Benefits

• Cloud-Based solution
• 24x7 management of hosted services
• Data Leakage Protection by automatically encrypting sensitive content
• Recipients can self-manage passwords/recover password without Administrator involvement
• Can manage DKIM keys in the cloud
• Recipient self-managed password (portal, pdf or attachment encryptions)
• 24 x 7 Partner Support

• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

630466087452497

Contact

Stuart Case
07770 377936
stuart.case@gradian.co.uk

About the service

• Service categories:
  • Applications
    • Collaborative
      • Email
        • Email
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: Echoworx Oneworld Encryption is an OEM product and optional add-on of Symantec's Email Security Service.
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements:
  • This service can be added to any email gateway
  • This includes Gmail

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Please see attached Support Guide.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Please see attached Support Guide.
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: The service does not require any user interface. There are some simple configuration options which are explained at the time of implementation.; ; Gradian Professional Services may be required to complete the integration.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • PDF
  • Other
• Other documentation formats: Power Point
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Contact us directly
• End-of-contract data extraction: There is no data to extract
• End-of-contract process: If the contract is not renewed the services are switched off

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Other
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: All detection is carried out in a cloud environment so there is no difference in service regardless of the endpoint being used
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: The service can be customised through logo and text support, making the service appear native to the customer. Gradian will manage the customisation on behalf of your team

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Echoworx scales the service to ensure all incoming email volume is processed without delay. When required, additional instances of the encryption engine and/or the secure web portal can be deployed without any service interruption. With respect to external recipients accessing the secure web portal, Echoworx uses a multi-version concurrency control database to allow simultaneous access to data. File or database record deadlocks are avoided by ensuring row locks are obtained in a consistent order

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: All email flows through your email gateway
• Reporting types:
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Supplier type

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Echoworx

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Some encryption reports (such as the Policy Report) are generated in the web-based console. Administrative Consoles can be saved as a CSV file.
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: 99.9%, assured by contractual commitment
• Approach to resilience: All services are redundant. Multiple instances of both the encryption engine and the secure web portal are load-balanced and running in a single datacentre. Furthermore, the services are replicated in a secondary datacentre for DR purposes
• Outage reporting: The portal provides public updates and there are email and text alerts for any severe outages

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Authenticated access is required to access the administration consoles. Echoworx will provision accounts (using provided customer email address(s) and the user will choose a secure password when they create their account. Access granted is role based such that Echoworx Operations will see options and configuration that is not available to customer administrators. There is also a special role with reduced access for credential management (PGP keys, SMIME keys) and Reporting.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: No audit information available
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Echoworx is SOC2, WebTrust certified and PCI compliant. The datacentre however, is ISO 27001.; ; The service follows the security policies and standards that are outlined in; SOC2 and WebTrust. These can be provided upon request.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: Change is managed at all levels through the design, software development, quality assurance, deployment, and operational management of the services. Some examples: All source code is versioned and tagged in a Version Control System. Change requests are reviewed weekly by Product Management, Sales Engineering, Operations, and Development. Change requests are assigned to the current or future release based on severity and value to the solution. All production system changes, including config changes, are documented and tracked in the ticketing system and reviewed by management before any version of the software is deployed changes.
• Vulnerability management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Echoworx has a series of IDS, and IPS systems in place in their environment. Additionally, routine vulnerability and penetration testing is performed on its services. Echoworx is registered to receive updates via 3rd party mailing lists of almost all 3rd party tools used in the environment. The committed response time for deploying a new security patch from a 3rd party is 1-2 days for high severity / critical security patches. If the security patch is minor, or does not affect the Echoworx solution, it may be released after it has been tested during the next planned major release of software
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: For 3rd party compromises, the answer from Vulnerability management can be repeated here. On the topic of application monitoring, the Echoworx Operations team has system and log file monitoring in place that will alert the team of any errors. Service degrading errors are addressed immediately when possible with infrastructure changes, otherwise the issue is escalated to the Product group for assessment and resolution via a software patch.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No
• Incident management approach: Please see the attached Gradian Support Guide

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Please contact us for details

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 2%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 4%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 6%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 8%
• Over £5,000,001: 10%

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: No
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: None of the criteria
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: Bff75006-e36d-467b-b02d-0273cfd02c0d
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• 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
  • 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
  • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
  • Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
  • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
  • 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
  • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
  • 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
  • Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
  • 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
  • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
  • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
  • How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
  • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract

  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

  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 that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
  • Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
  • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
  • Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
  • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
  • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
• 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
  • 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
• 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
  • 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
  • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
  • 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

  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
  • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
• 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

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at stuart.case@gradian.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.