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BARRIER NETWORKS LIMITED

Barrier Networks CISO as a Service

CISOaaS delivers outsourced security leadership across governance, risk and compliance; cyber strategy, roadmap, KPIs and budgeting; secure-by-design architecture oversight; operational security management with SOC/MSSP, incident response and vulnerability control; awareness, culture and training programmes; and board/executive reporting through dashboards, risk summaries and heat maps to drive informed decisions.

Features

  • Governance, Risk, and Compliance
  • Cyber Strategy & Roadmap
  • Security Architecture and Design Oversight
  • Operational Security Management
  • Awareness, Culture, and Training
  • Board and Executive Engagement

Benefits

  • Experienced security leadership on demand
  • Clear strategic direction
  • Stronger risk management
  • Better board-level visibility
  • Improved decision-making
  • Strengthened security governance
  • Improved compliance readiness
  • More secure change delivery
  • Reduced third-party exposure
  • Greater operational resilience

Pricing

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

1 5 2 9 2 7 2 0 5 3 9 3 1 8 1

Contact

BARRIER NETWORKS LIMITED Iain Slater
Telephone: 0141 356 0101
Email: sales@barriernetworks.com

About your service

Service categories

Cloud Support Services

Security Services

  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Security audit services
  • Other

Service scope

Service constraints
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
8x5xNBD;
08:30 – 17:30
Monday - Friday
Next Business Day
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
No
Support levels
8x5xNBD
08:30 – 17:30
Monday - Friday
Next Business Day

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Developed Vetting (DV)

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
Yes

Architecture roles

Enterprise architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Enterprise architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Senior enterprise architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead enterprise architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal enterprise architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Network architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate network architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Network architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead network architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Security architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Security architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead security architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal security architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Solution architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate solution architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Solution architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Senior solution architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead solution architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal solution architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Technical architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate technical architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Technical architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Senior technical architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead technical architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal technical architect £1,200.00 £1,200.00

Chief digital and data roles

Chief data officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief data officer £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Chief information security officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief information security officer £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Chief technology officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief technology officer £1,200.00 £1,200.00

Cyber security roles

Cyber security audit and assurance
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead cyber security audit and assurance £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal cyber security audit and assurance £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Cyber security governance and risk management
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security governance and risk manager £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead cyber security governance and risk manager £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal cyber security governance and risk manager £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Cyber security monitoring
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security monitoring £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead cyber security monitoring £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal cyber security monitoring £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Cyber security incident response
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber incident response £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead cyber security incident response £2,400.00 £2,400.00
Principal cyber security incident response £2,400.00 £2,400.00
Cyber security vulnerability management
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security vulnerability management £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead cyber security vulnerability management £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal cyber security vulnerability management £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Cyber security digital forensics
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security digital forensics £1,800.00 £1,800.00
Lead cyber security digital forensics £1,800.00 £1,800.00
Principal cyber security digital forensics £1,800.00 £1,800.00
Cyber security testing
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security testing £1,800.00 £1,800.00
Lead cyber security penetration testing £1,800.00 £1,800.00
Principal cyber security testing £1,800.00 £1,800.00
Cyber security secure design
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security secure systems architecture and design £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Lead cyber security secure systems architecture and design £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Principal cyber security secure systems architecture and design £1,200.00 £1,200.00

IT operations roles

Incident manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Incident manager £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Major incident manager £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Problem manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Problem analyst £1,200.00 £1,200.00
Problem manager £1,200.00 £1,200.00

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
British Assessment Bureau
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
Monday 2 June 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
British Assessment Bureau
ISO 9001 accreditation date
Tuesday 24 June 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
Cbaed41f-aa61-4059-8968-3775daaa83a4
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
Ff1c64fb-7750-4095-8fbb-45aadf87260c
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • CREST – SOC (Security Operations Centre)
  • CREST - Penetration Testing
  • NCSC CIE ASP
  • NCSC CIR ASP (Standard Level)

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
    • 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 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
    • 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 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.

  • 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

  • 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

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
    • 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

  • 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

  • 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
    • Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 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

Service documents

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 sales@barriernetworks.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.