BROOKCOURT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Post Quantum Data Protection Storage - Anzen Technologies

AnzenStore is a UK software technology providing post-quantum safe data storage protection through its patented anonymise shard restore (ASR) technology. It ensures data security and and data soverignty control for sensitive data across on-premise/cloud/multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.

Features

• Real-time data sharding
• S3-compatible object storage
• Access control
• Data retention control (object locking)
• Data tagging
• Real-time monitoring
• Resilience data storage
• Data residency controls

Benefits

• Improves operational flexibility
• Enables post-quantum secure storage of large volumes of unstructured data
• Allows the storage of any data format
• Provides sovereignty control of stored data

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

356312225818487

Contact

Phil Higgins
01737 886111
contact@brookcourtsolutions.com

About the service

• Service categories:

  Application Development and Deployment

  Data management

  Data integration and intelligence

  • Dynamic Data Movement Software
  • Data Access Infrastructure Software
  • Data Archiving and Information LifD-Cycle Management
• 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: Any S3 compatible application can connect to AnzenStore via its S3 API
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: No
• System requirements:
  • 4 compute nodes with more than 4 CPU cores minimum
  • 8GB of RAM required

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Within 1 hour for high severity calls during business hours
• 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: 9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: 1. SUPPORT LEVELS; Severity Level A: Total system inoperability. The Software is completely unavailable or unusable, and there is no Workaround; Severity Level B: Partial system inoperability. Core functionality is significantly impaired, and there is no reasonable Workaround; Severity Level C: Unable to perform core business functions. Important functionality is impaired, but a Workaround exists; Severity Level D: Able to perform limited core business functions. Minor functionality is impaired or inconvenient.; Severity Level N: No impact on running of the operation. Cosmetic issues with no functional impact.; 2. The cost of Support is an additional 15% of the annual software licence cost; 3. A account manager and cloud suppport engineers will be assigned as part of a support contract
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Depending on customer requirements this might take the form of either, onsite training, remote training via teleconferencing, or self-service user documentation.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: HTML
• End-of-contract data extraction: All data can be extracted using one of multiple free open source migration tools, the most common being RSYNC. These tools allow all data to be migrated from AnzenStore to almost any cloud or on premise object storage provider. Documentation for this process is
• End-of-contract process: There would be contract renewal discussions prior to the end of the contract.
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Hasn't been tested against a specific standard, however the documentation has been designed to be as accessible as possible.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Due to responsive WebUI design some elements of the management portal may be in different locations depending on device size, however all functionality is available.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: A self-service WebUI which allows management tasks to be performed e.g. configuring data storage locations for different subsets of data, configuring access controls as a whole or on a per-object basis, viewing data storage locations.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: Hasn't been tested against a specific standard, however the UI has been designed to be as accessible as possible.
• Accessibility testing: We've carried out interface testing but not with users of assistive technology.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Users can make any change required through the API, including uploading/downloading/deleting objects, configuring access controls, managing data storage locations.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: AnzenStore is a highly scalable microservices based solution which allows a high degree of flexibility in all parts of the system. This allows each component to scale independently at high speed, the infrastructure which hosts the application containers can also be signalled to allow for near infinite scaling (if sufficient compute, storage, and networking is available).

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: AnzenStore has indepth support for a standard called OpenTelemetry, this allows for interoperable metrics, logs, and tracing from all parts of the system. This data can be sent to most of the major metrics, logs, and tracing platforms or Anzen can provide a reference implementation.
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: Yes

Supplier type

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Anzen Technologies

Staff security

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

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: Less than once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data can be exporterd using one of multiple free open source migration tools, the most common being RSYNC. These tools allow all data to be migrated from AnzenStore to almost any cloud or on premise object storage provider. Documentation for this process is provided.
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats: AnzenStore will export files in the format they we're uploaded.
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: AnzenStore supports uploading data in any binary format.

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: This will be dependant on the contract agreed with the customer.
• Approach to resilience: AnzenStore is highly configurable and allows for a complete high availability setup at all points in the system, this is configurable by the customer and includes a resilient and highly available data persistence layer.
• Outage reporting: Email alerts

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Access is restricted using the multi-factor authentication (MFA), along with a username and password, or a supported identity federation provider.
• Access restriction testing frequency: Less than once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • 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: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: No
• Security governance approach: We operate a security governance framework including risk management, policies, regular reviews, and executive oversight. Controls are reviewed at least annually and after significant changes.
• Information security policies and processes: We operate a security governance framework including risk management, policies, regular reviews, and executive oversight. Controls are reviewed at least annually and after significant changes.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: All changes to application source code and infrastructure (using IaC) are tracked using Git. All changes must pass a pull-request review with multiple engineers and source code analysis tools prior to being used in production.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Threats are assessed based on the their potential to expose customer data or impact service availability by an in-house multi-discipline team. High priority patches can be deployed within 24-hours including testing, review, and sign-offs. Information regarding potential threats can come from the customer via support tickets, via alerting from the realtime-monitoring solution, or from third parties.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Real-time monitoring/alerting allows suspicious activity to be identified quickly. Once a compromise has been identified remedial action can be rapidly taken, this may include revocation of access credentials, blocking of network access, and a rollback of any suspicious changes made if required. Simultaneously to action being taken the customer would be notified of the potential compromise including as much detail as is currently available, afterwards detailed analysis will be performed to determine the root cause, any further remedial action required, and if there was any compromise of data.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Users report incidents using the support ticket system which will alert the relevant person within Anzen who is on call at that time. As the incident progresses/is investigated a document will be created detailing the findings of any investigatory work, remedial work carried out/required, and lessons learned. This report will then be supplied to the customer by adding it to the support ticket which started the incident and/or via email to the designated customer contact. Certain common events have pre-defined processes e.g. loss of control of an access credential and will follow a standard response.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

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

• Less than £250,000: 1%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 1.5%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 1.75%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 2%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 2.5%
• Over £5,000,001: 3%

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by: URS Holidings
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Monday 3 November 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: ISO Certificate covers IT Solutions, Management Consultancy and Integration Services
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• ISO 9001 certification accredited by: URS Holidings
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Saturday 12 October 2024
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: ISO Certificate covers IT Solutions, Management Consultancy and Integration Services
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: B1696668-7af9-4f0d-b3b7-34fc20cfc861
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 0199f451-3f84-44cb-bb20-75e29b818ffe
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• 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
  • 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
  • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
  • 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.
  • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
  • How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
  • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract

  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
  • Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract

  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
  • 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 engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
  • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
  • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
  • Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
  • Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
  • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
  • 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
  • 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

  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
  • 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

• 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 contact@brookcourtsolutions.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.