PTS Consulting (UK) Ltd

Cyber Security Consultancy Services

Cyber Security Consultancy addressing digital and cloud security threat profile, transforming approach to cyber governance. Includes strategy, audits, risk analysis, DR Planning, Cyber awareness training, certification, penetration testing, data loss prevention, vCISO, SIEM, incidence response preparation, specification/ITT creation, procurement/supplier evaluation/award, implementation project management. Specialist knowledge around standards (ISO/Cyber Essentials).

Features

• Vendor-independent advice with no conflicts of interest with suppliers
• Holistic consultancy: recommendations based on understanding the wider technology ecosystem
• Team-based approach: appropriate levels of resource for specific tasks
• Collaborative approach: outcomes delivered based on considered stakeholder consultation
• Ability to engage PTS stage-by-stage or across the full lifecycle
• Delivered by experienced consultants, supported by team of 50+ SMEs
• Expertise and Methodologies underpinned by 40+ years of best practice
• Expertise in Cyber Governance for University Research teams
• Feasibility Studies and Business Case Development to aid decision-making

Benefits

• Outcomes are innovative, productive, cost-effective, feasible and practical to operate
• Deliverables created in optimal timescales hard to achieve internally
• Solutions developed based on comprehensive in-sector analysis and benchmarking
• Business/Risk-focused consultancy not purely assessing technical solutions
• Risk mitigation by bringing in independent expert to make recommendations
• Significantly improving knowledge and understanding of internal staff
• Greater value-for-money at procurement stage by leveraging PTS purchasing power
• Longer-lasting solutions that have been sufficiently future-proofed
• Better integration of solutions with wider technology ecosystem (enhanced interoperability)

£440.00 to £1,400 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

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

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

380770263650670

Contact

Soner Tumkaya
03303136200
tenders@ptsconsulting.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: PTS's planning methodology involves working collaboratively with the client across the following stages:; • Assessment: obtaining information about the existing environment, through stakeholder engagement (typically IT teams, estates, procurement, end users, head of operations, special business units, etc.) and documentation review, to then undertake a Business & Technical Assessment.; • Analysis – synthesising the discovery output, with urgent issues prioritised to support the Client’s future ambitions, incorporating PTS’ knowledge of the market, and feeding back to the client to confirm/clarify requirements.; • Reporting – following analysis, PTS will develop the planning deliverables, which could include strategy, playbooks (day-in-the-life user scenarios showing the benefits of smart from the perspective of different stakeholders), high-level design, target operating model, procurement/selection of suppliers/providers, programme/project plan, RACI matrix, RAID log and any other outputs that support the planning of the incorporation of smart systems into the client's cloud ecosystem.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Typically it is the role of the chosen supplier who is undertaking the deployment to provide any necessary training, but PTS is also able to undertake this role. This includes walkthroughs with the client team responsible for operating and maintaining the new smart systems, to ensure that they can run smoothly in a cloud environment.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: PTS undertakes on-site and off-site witness testing of smart systems installed by the client's supplier/provider. This includes; - review of completed installations against the agreed specification; - confirmation that the IT team is able to onboard the smart systems into its cloud environment
• 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: PTS undertakes on-site and off-site witness testing for any smart systems being migrated into a cloud environment, undertaken by the client's suppliers/providers. This includes; - review of completed migrations against the agreed specification; - confirmation that the IT team is able to access, support and manage the relationship with new cloud providers or any internal provision.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security audit services

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: Our services are purely for consultancy and design, and not for implementation, apart from in a technical assurance capacity.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Our Support services are purely on a consultancy basis

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  PTS takes environmental responsibility seriously and is committed to developing our business towards ecological sustainability. PTS’s approach is on a group wide basis, embracing all of our group resources together with individual responsibilities.; PTS’ aim is to reduce, where economically and commercially viable, our environmental impact by means of energy, transport and materials efficiency, reduction of fossil fuels, waste and packaging. PTS is continuously improving its materials handling through waste minimisation and maximising recycling.; PTS commits to minimising its carbon footprint. As technology consultants, we champion video conferencing to reduce unnecessary travel. When required on-site, we advocate public transport use in all but exceptional circumstances. We only print when essential; documentation is primarily shared digitally.; PTS’ aim is to operate all our facilities within all applicable laws, regulations and permits and to seek cost-effective improvements.; PTS works to continuously reduce its environmental impact. PTS will work to build up experience and a good reputation with the environment regulators with regards to control of pollution. PTS will ensure that these objectives are delivered by:; • Continuous improvement through performance monitoring;; • Engaging with our Team and highlighting this Policy;; • Management reporting to the Executive Committee on an annual basis;; • Active Group initiatives to reduce waste and packaging as much as practicably possible and following a recycling scheme which records disposals by type;; • Actively seeking to reduce our carbon foot print by instigating flexible working arrangements and introducing a staff travel plan;; • Engagement with an electronic equipment disposal company for all our disposals, whom specialise in equipment remarketing, ethical disposal and environmental management;; • Use of environmentally certified datacentre facilities.

  Covid-19 recovery

  The health and safety of our team and communities we work in is always our number one priority. We aim to demonstrate support of local events and activities which promote healthy living and wellbeing, and to encourage healthy living for our employees.; In order to help local communities to manage and recover from the impact of COVID-19, PTS will follow government guidelines and encourage remote working practices and in the event of on-site working requirement we will ensure that our employees respect social distancing rules and use all necessary PPE, i.e. face masks.; Even pre-Covid-19, PTS strongly promoted that “work is what you do, not where/when you work”. Whilst we appreciate the value of collaborative/in-person working, we see substantial benefit to the wellbeing of our staff in flexible working policies.

  Tackling economic inequality

  PTS mentors and guides those in communities where we consult. When working with Universities, we offer Students interested in careers in technology the opportunity to shadow our consultants to understand how to apply their education in practice/the working world.; We run a “Project Co-ordinator Programme” that is open to people with different learning styles, providing they have a desire to learn and good work ethic. Many of these employees develop into project managers within our organisation.; We run apprenticeship programmes to provide entry points that develop technical knowledge/competencies for those who thrive with more hands-on approaches to learning.; PTS runs regular Summer internships for school-leavers in our HR, Marketing, and Professional Services departments. We continue to give career advice, coaching and help with studies post-internship, e.g. role-playing interviews.; Our graduate programme offers a more traditionally academic entry point into PTS, with many graduates developing into leaders within the business.; Where clients have indicated a desire to be involved in such programmes, we always accommodate/adapt schemes to suit specific requests.

  Equal opportunity

  PTS ensures that recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion procedures for any assignment result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, religion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, trade union membership or non-membership, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or part-time employment. Our objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.; Our Service Delivery Managers have a primary responsibility for successfully meeting these objectives by:; • Not discriminating in the course of the assignment against consultants; • Not inducing or attempting to induce others to practise unlawful discrimination; • Bringing to the attention of all placement employees that they will be subject to disciplinary action for discrimination of any kind.; In addition to issuing the policy and ensuing that it is enforced, we also monitor the placements and recommendations of the consultants we make. We provide for all our consultants to voluntarily supply information on ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability and any additional information that they may wish to provide. This data is captured on our database but is not accessible by any placement or management staff when undertaking assignment selection. The information is available to the Managing Director and personnel staff, who can produce reports on legislation compliance. If a consultant has chosen to provide the information, then data can be extracted on, for example, age, sex, ethnic origin and the religion distribution of assignments made by a Service Delivery Manager or for a particular customer. These data extractions are made from time to time to underpin the enforcement of the policy and to ensure that we are meeting our objectives.

  Wellbeing

  PTS aims to create a positive impact in society and improve people’s lives wherever possible. PTS supports local communities because we know that vibrant communities are essential to our success.; PTS aims to demonstrate support of local events and activities which promote healthy living and wellbeing, and to encourage healthy living for our employees.; PTS will ensure that these objectives are delivered by:; • Authorising specific sponsorship of events;; • Actively encouraging employees to participate in local events;; • Occupational health and intervention;; • Hosting basic health checks in the office such as blood pressure checks.; PTS recognises that it has an impact on every community that we operate in. This imposes a responsibility on PTS to consider the impact of its business carefully. The positive impact is in terms of employment and business growth.; PTS ensures that all of our teams to contribute to a mitigation plan against all potential negative environmental impacts and encourages our team members to be involved in community initiatives and projects.; ; PTS will ensure that these objectives are delivered by:; • Site operating plans, adherence to appropriate PTS Group environmental and health and safety policies.; PTS’ aim is to encourage young people to learn about the Technology Consulting and Project Management sector from an academic and potential employment point of view.; PTS recognises that it has a role in engaging new talent. PTS has the skill and knowledge to offer people guidance and mentoring and such opportunities should be encouraged, both internally and externally.; PTS will ensure that these objectives are delivered by:; • Local offices working with schools, universities and further and higher education centres; • Attending local career fairs and university career events; • Developing graduate trainee and apprenticeship schemes; • Developing work experience and Internship placements

Pricing

• Price: £440.00 to £1,400 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

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