HCL TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED

HCLTech Biometric nominal check/ finger-print service solution

Nominal check biometric/finger-print service, integrated with Home Office BSG (Biometric Service Gateway) and performs a search in IDENT1 (UK national criminal biometrics system) and IABS (Immigration Asylum Biometric Database) fingerprint system. Based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles it enables officers to identify nominals, criminals and wanted suspects, etc.

Features

• Search nominal using fingerprint
• Searches across IDENT1 and IABS fingerprints collection
• Retrieve nominal references from IDENT1 and IABS systems
• Future proof - scalable and robust
• In depth auditing and logging
• Security compliance
• Multi-tenanted and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based architecture
• Device and platform agnostic
• Comprehensive management dashboards

Benefits

• Retrieve nominal details from IDENT1 and IABS systems on handset
• Access to real time information at point of decision
• Saves time not returning to station/custody to establish identity
• May identify those trying to escape investigation
• Increase police visibility out of station
• Fewer arrests required to establish the identity
• Innocent parties dealt with quickly and less inconvenience

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 eas-hclsalessup@hcl.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

666670279953562

Contact

Paul Montgomery
+44 (0) 20 7105 8600
eas-hclsalessup@hcl.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Application Development and Deployment

  Analytics and business intelligence

  • Business Intelligence
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes
• What software services is the service an extension to: Not Applicable
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements:
  • Webserver with Windows Server 2012 R2, IIS and 16GB RAM
  • Application server with Windows Server 2012 R2 with 16GB RAM
  • Database machines with Windows Server 2012 R2 to host databases
  • Active directory and certificate authority servers
  • Hosting of web services and web interfaces of the application
  • Hosting of integration service components
  • To form domain and generate certificates for secure data communication

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: "During business hours: ; Severity 1 = 24/7; Severity 2 = 4 hours; Severity 3 = 1 working day ; Severity 4 = 3 working days"
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes
• Support levels: Level 3 - Software Support
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Super User training sessions
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • PDF
  • Other
• Other documentation formats: Word
• End-of-contract data extraction: The database is moved to the client's network and complete access to data is provided with a service interface.
• End-of-contract process: The service is switched off completely, so as to avoid any misuse. Also the customer is provided with access to all the customer data.
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Documents are accessible online.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: This service is designed to work on a mobile phone. Dashboard reporting is available on desktop computers.
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Only enrolled users can access the service from the mobile application. The web service is accessible only from a mobile interface. The exposed service is accessible via proxy.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Customers can pick and choose the functions they want. Also the business logic within those functions is fully customisable.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The scaling of the hosted service is performed based on the total number of users and peak time concurrency level. Each hosted virtual machine is configured to handle 350 concurrent user requests.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Transaction history report, performance report, exception report, login logout report, offline report and geo fencing report.
• Reporting types: Real-time dashboards
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• 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 another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: No
• 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: The user can export data by selecting the export function on the dashboard reports of the Admin application.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats: PDF
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data import formats: XLS and XLSX

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: By associating the hosted web service withan SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate. Also, the service is accessed over HTTPS protocol and data is encrypted by using AES 256 bit encryption, before transmitting over the air.
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: 99.90%
• Approach to resilience: The hosting area is physically divided into two sites. Each physical site contains an exact replica of servers and acts as failover of the other site. Data synchronisation happens via the "Always On" feature of the MS SQL Server.
• Outage reporting: Monitoring tools (Microsoft SCOM) are configured to monitor hosted services and virtual machines. Disk coverage and capacity related configurations are performed to raise the alarm to mitigate any failure. An email is sent by the monitoring tool to all stakeholders before any failure happens. Transaction logs are maintained to generate a report on defined intervals.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication: Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: "1. User login is authenticated against the Mobile device IMEI and user email ID stored in the database. ; 2. On successful authentication, a security token is generated and returned back to the mobile application. ; 3. Each transaction is associated with the security token. ; 4. The security token session is maintained in the HCL Biometric database for a defined time period. "
• 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: You control when users can access audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: "ISO 9001:2008 - Quality Management; ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 - Service Management; ISO 14001 - Environmental Management; ISO 27001 - Security Management; Cyber Essentials"
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: "Configuration Management tracks the IT environment.; A repository maintains all versions of individual work products to help/permit developers to revert to previous versions during testing and debugging.; ; Dependency tracking and change management covers relationships between enterprise entities and processes, parts of an application design, design components and the enterprise information architecture, design elements and other work products.; ; HCLTech tracks all the requirements, design and construction components and deliverables that result from a requirements specification.; ; An audit trail is maintained about when, why and by whom changes are made, with source information of changes as specific objects in the repository."
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: "Vulnerability management focusses on finding weakness that can be exploited. HCLTech performs quarterly and/or annual vulnerability scans to get a snapshot at that point in time. Regular scanning ensures new vulnerabilities are detected in a timely manner and are fixed before they occur. The HCLTech vulnerability management process consists of the following phases:; 1. Preparation; 2. Vulnerability scan; 3. Define remediating actions; 4. Implement remediating actions; 5. Rescan."
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Not Applicable
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: "Incident management is designed with a goal to restore a normal service operation as quickly as possible and to minimise the impact on business operations. The incident management process follows these steps:; ; 1. Incident identification and logging by the customer ; 2. Incident categorisation and prioritisation by the customer; 3. HCLTech works on the incident response performing diagnosis and investigation followed by resolution and bringing the incident to closure; 4. Corrective and preventive action are taken to avoid repeat or similar incident in future."
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: Yes
• Connected networks:
  • Public Services Network (PSN)
  • Police National Network (PNN)

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

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

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

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Bureau Veritas
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Thursday 25 May 2023
• 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: Intertek
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Tuesday 1 August 2023
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: Not applicable
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: Business Continuity

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • 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

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 eas-hclsalessup@hcl.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.