SOFTWAREONE UK LIMITED
SoftwareOne Tier One Audit Defence
This service is designed to assist customers who are or may be subject to a publisher-instigated audit. Audits are disruptive and rarely welcome, our consultants will help time, formulate and submit a response and craft a bespoke negotiation plan honed to deliver a favourable outcome, limiting financial and reputational harm.
Features
- Entitlement and contract review for Tier 1 software publishers globally
- Baseline compliance position using deployment data and licence rights reconciliation
- Audit-risk remediation including configuration guidance and historical usage cleansing scripts
- Vendor audit management from notice to closure with evidence pack
- Response drafting, submission management and stakeholder coordination with clear timelines
- Dispute resolution support, commercial negotiation and settlement guidance when needed
- Ongoing compliance monitoring and alerts for programme changes and milestones
- Reporting dashboards showing exposure, actions, savings and audit readiness status
- Workshops to align IT, procurement and legal roles and responsibilities
- Optional tooling integration with SAM/ITAM platforms for automated discovery reporting
Benefits
- Avoid unexpected audit penalties by proving compliance with evidence quickly
- Reduce effort on audits through structured process and dedicated experts
- Protect budgets by identifying exposure early and remediating proactively effectively
- Improve contract outcomes using entitlement insights and negotiation support confidently
- Increase compliance confidence across Tier 1 publishers and complex estates
- Reduce licence waste by optimising allocations and retiring unused software
- Shorten audit timelines with prepared data, documentation and response packs
- Lower operational disruption by coordinating stakeholders and communications centrally effectively
- Strengthen governance with clear roles, controls and repeatable workflows consistently
- Support long-term optimisation through continuous monitoring and reporting insights reliably
Business architect
| £1,500.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,700.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,850.00 |
£950.00 |
| £2,100.00 |
£1,150.00 |
Data architect
| £1,700.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,850.00 |
£950.00 |
| £2,100.00 |
£1,150.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £1,700.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,850.00 |
£950.00 |
| £2,100.00 |
£1,150.00 |
| £2,400.00 |
£1,400.00 |
Solution architect
| £1,700.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,850.00 |
£950.00 |
| £2,100.00 |
£1,150.00 |
| £2,400.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £2,600.00 |
£1,500.00 |
Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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Yes
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ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by
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TUV Sud
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Thursday 16 October 2025
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What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
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All services are in scope of the certification
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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Yes
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ISO 9001 certification accredited by
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TUV Sud
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ISO 9001 accreditation date
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Monday 5 May 2025
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What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
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All services are in scope of this certification
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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No
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Cyber essentials
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
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15cbc1cf-ea0b-47d9-a290-c9a7bad9b9ed
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Cyber essentials plus
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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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.
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Other security certifications
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Yes
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Any other security certifications
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- ISO27701
- ISO27017
- SOC2 Type 2 Report
- SOC3 Report
Social value
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower
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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.
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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
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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
Service documents
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