BLOCKPHISH

Cloud Migration Service

BLOCKPHISH’s Cloud Migration Service is a specialised offering suited to organisations wanting to deploy new and migrate existing workloads and services to Cloud and also organisations wanting expert guidance and support in optimising their use of Cloud services.

Features

• Cloud assessment to ensure solution sizing is fit for purpose
• Produce a business case for Cloud migration and support components
• Cloud migration solution design and migration plan
• Migration of development and production services/applications to Cloud infrastructure
• Design and implementation of any required supporting technologies and services
• Assistance with vendor management of Cloud service providers
• Proof of concept to validate the Cloud migration approach
• Cloud migration knowledge transfer for staff and support personnel
• Post-migration support planning and delivery

Benefits

• Trusted advisors provide guidance on all facets of cloud migration
• Cloud migration readiness assessment allows for rationalisation of defunct services
• Organisational staffing model supporting all services migrated to Cloud
• Optimal Cloud services design matched to business and technical requirements
• Project managed Cloud migration providing reduced risk
• Change management allowing for the smooth adoption of Cloud technologies
• Increased reliability/availability through Cloud technologies and tools
• Planned production workload migrations minimising service outages
• Transitional operational support if required
• Prompt remediation of Cloud migration project issues

£999.00 a person a day

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 Sam.Jennings@BlockPhish.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

199056175479453

Contact

Samantha Jennings
07714705598
Sam.Jennings@BlockPhish.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Cloud migration planning can be run as a standalone engagement or initiation stage of a larger project. Both work to reduce risk/provide measurable benefits realisation. The basic steps below describe how BLOCKPHISH helps plan a cloud migration project to the point where the customer can migrate workloads themselves or engage a third party. The planning approach is tailored to the scale and complexity of the workloads to be migrated.; The basic planning steps are as follows:; 1.BLOCKPHISH ensures that they fully understand the customer requirement and mandate (including budget/timeframe). This would include a project brief/business case/business requirements document/high level migration scope.; 2. After workload/cloud assessment has been undertaken, BLOCKPHISH consultants will engage stakeholders through a series of interviews/meetings/workshops, produce a project initiation document which includes:; A: the workloads to be migrated as well as cloud infrastructure/support services required and supporting solution design; B: a project plan with initial constraints/assumptions/risks; C: the quality/acceptance/success criteria; 3. Migration resource requirements are identified, and a migration schedule with work packages is drawn up which allows the customer, or a third party, to manage/deliver the Cloud migration.; 4. The customer’s business case/budget is updated and (if approved) the cloud migration project delivery can begin.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: BLOCKPHISH helps customers migrate to (or between) Cloud based services using a project led approach tailored to the scale and complexity of the migration. The below steps outline the basic method BLOCKPHISH uses:; 1. Cloud Assessment & Design: Provided with the relevant project/business/technical requirements, BLOCKPHISH consultants will host a series of engagements with stakeholders including design workshops/interviews as well as conduct technical assessments to determine the organisations current IT infrastructure/services/applications environment and determine the degree of readiness for a transition to Cloud or other Cloud services provider. The outcome would be a Cloud readiness assessment and a Cloud solution design with expected setup and operational costs. A Cloud migration plan would also be presented for review/approval.; 2. Build & POC: BLOCKPHISH would build the customer approved Cloud infrastructure required including connectivity/security/monitoring. Included in this step would be a POC migration of non-production workloads to validate the approach and technology/tools used and to baseline expected performance.; 3. Migration: BLOCKPHISH would manage/perform the migration of production workloads to the new Cloud service and/or oversee the customer or 3rd party.; 4. Support & Close: Post transition support would ensure that migrated workloads/services are checked/tested according to agreed specification.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: BLOCKPHISH helps customers perform quality assurance and performance testing as part of their Cloud migration to mitigate risk and ensure expected outcomes. The below steps outline the basic method BLOCKPHISH uses:; 1. In the beginning of the engagement/project BLOCKPHISH will establish whether the customer has existing methods of quality assurance and performance testing to consider as part of the project quality and acceptance controls. If the customer does not yet have a framework to specify and perform these controls, BLOCKPHISH will assist the customer in developing those required for the project. The agreed quality assurance and performance testing controls will apply to the design/implementation/migration and support elements to ensure that these deliverables meet requirements/expectations and produce the desired outcome.; 2. Apart from quality reviews for Cloud infrastructure design and implementation, BLOCKPHISH will apply existing or newly developed quality assurance criteria and performance testing controls prior to and post the migration of workloads to the Cloud to ensure that where possible the performance is equal to or better than the desired quality/performance specification (unless specifically mentioned otherwise). This will ensure that Cloud migrations as well as other project deliverables meet the project/business/technical requirements and produce the desired outcome.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
  • Other
• Other security services:
  • Ethical Phishing
  • Security Awareness
  • Cyber security certifications
  • Blockchain solutions
  • Security Operations Centre
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Cloud Security
  • Cyber Maturity Assessment
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • CHECK
  • CREST

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Buyer hosting or software
• How the support service works: To assist customers with essential support services throughout a Cloud migration, BLOCKPHISH's MSP Managed Cloud Support offering provides 24x7x365 Level 2 and 3 Cloud support services. Depending on customer requirements and budget, the support levels/scope can be customised accordingly.; ; BLOCKPHISH uses a range of tools and processes that are adapted to specific customer requirements, including operational and incident management, monitoring, and reporting.; ; BLOCKPHISH's range of Cloud support services are more fully described in our MSP Managed Cloud Services offering also listed on the G-Cloud 12 Framework

Service scope

• Service constraints: No constraints that buyers should be aware of.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: The support levels/offering for BLOCKPHISH's Cloud Migration Service is closely aligned with their eMSP Managed Cloud Services.; ; Support services and associated support levels are an additional cost option available to customers should they require added technical support throughout the Cloud transition/migration period.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Estrat Group Limited

Staff security

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

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: NQA Certification Ltd
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 15/08/23
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • CISSP
  • CISM
  • CISA

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Tackling economic inequality

  BLOCKPHISH has several initiatives in place to support economic inequality including, but not limited to, the following:; ; Reference MAC 2.2/MAC 2.3 - we continually support our staff in training and upskilling to attain certifications and accreditations in cyber security which is a growing area with significant skills shortages. This has included employing candidates who are the 'right fit' for our organisation without any prior professional experience and investing in their development and qualifications to become cyber security consultants. We are also a member of the NCSC CyberFirst Bursary Scheme and, as well as seeking to offer placements to students, we promote CyberFirst activities through our social channels, have sponsored the CyberFirst awards and have spoken at CyberFirst events.; ; Reference MAC 3.1 - our supply chains are made up of other SMEs and start-ups as well as larger organisations. Whilst we are a London based agency, where feasible, we engage with smaller organisations outside of the capital to ensure that there is an economic advantage across the country. A recent example of this is where we used a designer to create some collateral for an event we were attending. The designer was not London based and worked in the north of the UK.

  Equal opportunity

  BLOCKPHISH has an Equality Opportunity and Diversity Policy in place which is reviewed annually by our Partners. The policy is available on the intranet for all staff to access and the key principles of it are outlined in our Staff Handbook. More practically, we have several initiatives in place to support equal opportunity in the workplace including, but not limited to, the following:; ; Reference MAC 6.1 / MAC 6.2 - BLOCKPHISH has documented and inclusive recruitment practices in place from advertising a role through to working with our employees on their professional and personal development plans. Our interview process evaluates the candidates' competencies against the role requirements and is a structured three stage process. The Senior Leadership Team are also working with an external consultant to develop a hiring strategy to increase, amongst other things, the number of females into our organisation. We have also recently hired a female Head of Operations into the Senior Leadership Team.; ; We continually invest in our staff to achieve industry recognised certifications as part of their ongoing development, enabling them to develop new skills. Equally, we support our contractors to attain higher paid work; we have paid the cost for several of our contract staff to attain advanced security clearance to enable them to work on new projects, increasing their exposure to more specialist work, thus increasing their rate of pay.

  Wellbeing

  BLOCKPHISH takes the wellbeing of our staff very seriously and, despite being a small company, we have several initiatives in place to support wellbeing including, but not limited to, the following:; ; Reference MAC 7.1 - all BLOCKPHISH staff have access to a health and wellbeing package as part of their company benefits. This ; includes:; - 24/7 confidential access to an online GP;; - 24/7 access to mental health resources, which includes access to professional and qualified counsellors 'in the moment' support or referral to structured therapy (up to six sessions);; - referral to a range of information / signposting services including health - including menopause information and support - legal, money and debt information and complimentary will writing service;; - access to an online eye screening test;; - gym discount;; - discounts for dining, shopping, travel, leisure activities across various outlets.; ; In addition to this, staff also have a private healthcare plan and private company pension as part of their package. ; ; Our culture around the importance of wellbeing does not stop with our staff. We continually have regular 'coffee mornings' with our contracted staff to ensure they have the support they require on client projects from both a practical and psychological point of view. We include them as part of our team, inviting them to social events and to monthly team meetings.

Pricing

• Price: £999.00 a person a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

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 Sam.Jennings@BlockPhish.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.