QUADRIS LIMITED

Managed XDR Powered by Barracuda

Managed security product that collects, aggregates, and normalises log data from hundreds of sources for AI enabled analysis using Barracuda Network’s analytics platform, SIEM, threat intelligence, and 24/7 365 Security Operations Centre. Identifies threat like behaviour in your systems such as impossible logins, multi-factor bypass, coordinated attacks, and rogue agents.

Features

• Global comprehensive threat intelligence service
• Machine learning mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Real-time threat monitoring backed by 24x7x365 security expert response
• Wide ranging and growing security log integration giving true XDR
• Extensive reporting capabilities
• SOC infrastructure includes Security, Orchestration, Automaton & Response (SOAR)

Benefits

• eXtended visibility, single pain of glass interface for all logging
• Reduced threat of ransomware attacks and breaches
• Satisfies Compliance for frameworks and standards
• Guidance on how to remediate against potential threats
• Instantly block threat IP addresses without connecting to firewalls
• Continuous monitoring of your network 24/7/365

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

738444593969971

Contact

Mark Charity
01615374980
tenders@quadris.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  Security

  • Security analytics
• 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: Barracuda O365 Monitoring and Barracuda Network Monitoring
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements:
  • Devices capable of outputting security logs
  • Virtual Sensor Collector deployment on either VMWare, KVM or Hyper-V
  • Physical sensor collector can be supplied instead

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Standard Support Operating hours 8am - 6pm Monday - Friday 8 hour response SLA Advanced Support Operating hours 8am - 6pm 7/365 4 hour response SLA Enterprise Support 24/7/365 1 hour response SLA
• 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: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: Web chat is available via the Quadris.cloud microsite. Automated answers are provided to the most common questions, chat is then forwarded to the most suitable team based on the category of the question.
• Web chat accessibility testing: Testing carried our with QA during development cycle / releases.
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Support is provided for the platform, from Barracuda on a 24x7x365 basis including their SOC response. Quadris support is available as assisted or fully managed service which must be purchased separately as per pricing document, all details including the support RACI is included in the Service Definition document. Standard Support Operating hours 8am - 6pm Monday - Friday 8 hour response SLA Advanced Support Operating hours 8am - 6pm 7/365 4 hour response SLA Enterprise Support 24/7/365 1 hour response SLA
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Online and user documentation are available as well as installation services
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: HTML
• End-of-contract data extraction: Its not possible to extract the logging information in a useful manner, the reports and ticket history can be exported via the web console.
• End-of-contract process: At the end of the contract the service stops ingesting new log data, existing data can be accessed for up to one month, any on-site collector should be uninstalled or shutdown and deleted by the customer.
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 A

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: The desktop browser interface is easier to view due to the bigger screen but all features are available in both.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: The dashboard to the XDR platform is web based and serves as both the configuration and reporting interface to the service. You can analyse data from your existing technology stack to give you optimal log and network visibility.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: The service is accessible to the network administrators via the reporting dashboard. There is no access available to the general user base. Alerts and notifications are raised via the support desk and communicated out to the appropriate authority within the customer.
• Accessibility testing: Not Applicable
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The API is setup to provide integration with existing systems. This is a one time setup undertaken by the customer administrator(s), with no additional access required by end users. The API provides rich data on log monitoring, tickets raised and responses.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: Open API (also known as Swagger)
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: The customer can work with the Security Operations Team to apply various customised rules and scenarios. The customisation of these rules is only done via authorised parties, working closely with the team to fine tune the service to gain optimum results.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Rigorous SLAs are in place to ensure service continuity, backed by a large team of cyber security analysts working 24/7 to review and remediate any identified threats. All logging data is stored using Amazon storage which is infinity expandable.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Resellers

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

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: European Economic Area (EEA)
• User control over data storage and processing locations: No
• Datacentre security standards: Supplier-defined controls
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: All data stored is continuously monitored by the Security Operations team, using cutting edge threat detection and response solutions.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: A third-party destruction service
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: By CSV exports and PDF reports.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats: PDF
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: Security Logs from different vendor products

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: 99.99% Availability in any calendar month
• Approach to resilience: All systems are built in a resilient manner using the AWS platform for both log ingestion and web access
• Outage reporting: Email notifications are sent to the account nominated contacts in the event of downtime

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Role based application security model together with MFA service for each user. System access is controlled by these roles which are in turn applied to groups of users to control what if any management access they have
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • 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: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months

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: Quadris holds the following certifications that govern our security policies and processes: ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, PCI DSS (self certified) and NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit. Security incidents are monitored and reported in real time. Security is managed via weekly management and monthly board meetings. Policy adherence is audited internally and externally via independent third party security specialists.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Our Change Management process is designed around the ITIL standard and supported by our Change Management system. All changes are detailed by our engineers, including the assets affected, the reason for the change, proposed scheduled time, risk and risk mitigation analysis and actions including the impact of change on the backup and security systems. Detailed implementation, testing and backout plans must be defined for each change. All changes must be approved by Quadris and the customer’s CAB team or individual. All configuration changes are tracked through the same system and made available via email and our self-service portal.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: We operate an internal and external vulnerability testing toolset on a weekly basis to identify vulnerabilities so they can be remediated immediately. An independent CREST, CISSP accredited security specialist conducts PEN tests of our network annually. Patch management operates in accordance with our ISO27001 certified Patching Policy to ensure all relevant devices are routinely patched against an effective schedule. We deploy a specialist patching application which automatically updates third party applications, such as Chrome, Adobe Reader etc. Zero day threats are monitored continuously via a specialist security service provider and actioned immediately.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Quadris' Cloud portal interface is protected by a hosted cloud WAF service from Imperva, proxied access from Imperva is the only access permitted. This system automatically detects attempts to use the system maliciously and blocks and alerts automatically. We also subscribe to RSS security feeds from NVD to alert on relevant software solutions used in our cloud Alerts are sent directly to our SoC with <15m response to take appropriate action.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Quadris operates an Incident Management (IM) process for failures or degradation to services, aligned to the ITIL standard. Our IM process includes impact analysis to determine the severity of the incident which has SLA backed response times. Where the cause of an incident is not diagnosed within 30 minutes the incident is automatically escalated to our incident escalations team with senior technical expertise in the related technology. Our IM process includes steps for developing workarounds to protect customers mission critical processes, including invocation of disaster recovery services and post incident review.
• 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)

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: Alcumus ISOQAR
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Monday 23 December 2024
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Nothing
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: Alcumus ISOQAR
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Sunday 1 March 2026
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: Nothing
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: Yes
• Who accredited the PCI DSS certification: Self Certified
• PCI DSS accreditation date: Thursday 31 July 2025
• What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover: Nothing that is relevant to payment card data
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: Efd9a36b-8242-4072-80f4-b85478753275
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 489a45a4-c84f-467c-84ec-17823af0d137
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 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.

    • 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

  • 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

    • 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
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
    • Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events

  • 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

  • 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
    • 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
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • 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
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract 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
    • 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 tenders@quadris.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.