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Converge - Arctic Wolf Aurora Managed Endpoint Defence (MEDR/MDR)

Aurora Endpoint Defence delivers 24/7 managed endpoint protection, detection and response using AI driven prevention, behavioral analysis, and MITRE ATT&CK framework mapping. Backed by expert analysts, it reduces risk by stopping advanced attacks before they spread, ensuring complete visibility and rapid remediation without adding operational burden.

Features

• AI & ML Malware Prevention (EPP)
• Lightweight Agent
• Endpoint Security Investigations
• Response Actions with Guided Remediation
• Legacy OS Support
• Managed Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
• Mitre Attack Framework Mapping
• Tactical Threat Insights
• 24x7 Monitoring
• Campaign-Focused Threat Hunting

Benefits

• Zero-day malware protection
• Real-time protection
• Automated response
• Low resource consumption
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• 24x7 Monitoring
• Campaign-Focused Threat Hunting
• Tactical Threat Insights
• Ongoing Endpoint Health Checks

• 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

832674318384527

Contact

Antony Mellor
03332 416 722
tenders@convergetp.co.uk

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  Security

  • Endpoint security
• Multi cloud support: No

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model: Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: No
• System requirements:
  • Windows XP SP3 (32/64-bit) with KB 968730 hotfix or above.
  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 with KB 968730 hotfix or above.
  • Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and above.
  • RHEL/CentOS 6/7+
  • Supports the SSE2 Instruction Set.
  • 2GB RAM
  • 500MB Disk Space (More if logging is enabled)
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or later
  • Aurora Focus requires Windows 7 or Above.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Standard support (included) is 8am - 8Pm Mon - Fri ET. Premium support provides 24x7 support at additional cost
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Standard support (included) is 8am - 8Pm Mon - Fri ET. Premium support provides 24x7 support at additional cost
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: We provide a remote onboarding service which is constantly reviwed to ensure all devices are protected as new and emerging threats are discovered. Training options are available for customers to deploy, configure, manage & troubleshoot
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Data is removed 30 days after the end of contract
• End-of-contract process: Documentation is available free of charge, all onboarding services come at additional cost.
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Android
  • IOS
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • ChromeOS
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Essentially 2 separate products due to the OS differences but using the same AI technology. Desktop capability focuses on malware protection and EDR capabilities while mobile focuses on malicious app, sideload protection and smishing protection.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Description of service interface: Cloud console where Aurora Endpoint Defense alerts can be viewed and escalated
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Accessibility testing: N/a
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Arctic Wolf provides RESTful APIs for registered organizations to manage their resources. To access the User API resources, the client will need to follow the authentication and authorization flow as defined on the website.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: This is handled by the underlying public cloud our technology platform is architected within. Arctic Wolf is architected to be a multi-tenanted, highly scalable service. More information available on request.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: License quantity and usage is provided in the console.
• Reporting types: Real-time dashboards
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

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

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• 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: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Supplier-defined controls
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CREST-approved service provider
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Users can export data directly from the Aurora console using the built-in report export feature, or retrieve data programmatically through RESTful APIs
• 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: At this time and as a standard operating practice, we do not include specific availability SLOs in our solutions agreement.
• Approach to resilience: Available on request
• Outage reporting: Email alerts, phone calls and via the support portal

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Users can only be added and removed to the support portal by an authorised technical point of contact.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • 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: Available on request
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Configuration and Change Management processes are in place with formal management responsibilities and procedures assigned to ensure appropriate change control. Changes are logged for audit and all relevant information is retained.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Vulnerability scanning of the support platform is performed using industry leading services. Processes are in place to ensure that patching and remedial actions are taken in a regimented and consistent fashion to limit the business impact of newly discovered vulnerabilities.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Protective Monitoring Approach conforms with ISO27001 Standards for logging and monitoring our services, and how to identify, handle and respond to incidents quickly.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: ISO27001 Standards
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: We have Aurora Test Drive where customers can test the solution in a virtual sandbox and also a Proof of Concept where they can test the soluton in their own environment.
• Link to free trial: https://arcticwolf.com/solutions/endpoint-security/

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

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 0.2%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 0.3%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 0.4%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 0.5%
• Over £5,000,001: 0.75%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: NQA
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Friday 4 July 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/a
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: NQA
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Saturday 25 October 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: N/a
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 49effaaa-2455-4f07-b6bb-4ef98d66a985
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 5c10380c-bd62-47e4-a31b-ffb1d157a207
• 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
    • 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
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • 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
    • 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.

  • 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.

    • 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

    • 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
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.

  • 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
    • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits 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
    • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it

  • 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
    • 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

  • 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
    • 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 tenders@convergetp.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.