Grøn Sky ApS

Sustainable Cloud Storage

Grøn Sky offers low cost and low emission cloud storage. By dividing data into two groups we save 90% on electricity consumption and thus CO2 emissions. User-friendly and easily recognizable pathfinder structure. Auto migration from other cloud providers. Automatically suggests cleanup of unused files. No predetermined package solutions.

Features

• User-friendly and easily recognizable pathfinder structure on the platform
• Auto migration of data from other cloud storage providers
• Certificate, you can follow your reductions in CO2 emissions
• Data security with extra encryption
• Dynamic price calculator / tailor-made subscription
• Get a Whitelabel for your department with your own logo
• Automatically suggests that unused files be moved to long-term storage

Benefits

• Grøn Sky offers low cost and low emission cloud storage
• Save electricity and CO2 emissions from cloud storage by 90%
• No pre-determined package solutions – pay only for your consumption
• Certificate with proof of attained reductions in CO2 emissions
• Allows employees to reduce their CO2 emissions as well
• You know in which country your data is stored
• Save time when storing your data in the cloud
• Top security for your data in Grøn Sky

£0.01 to £0.07 a gigabyte a month

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  ODT

• Service definition document

  ODT

• Terms and conditions

  ODT

• Modern Slavery statement

  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 pb@groensky.dk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

472218011372947

Contact

Pierre Bennorth
+4544 101 909
pb@groensky.dk

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: We have 99,96% uptime.
• System requirements: Internet access and a browser installed on the computer

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Within 3 working days.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: The web chat is accessible from the platform.
• Web chat accessibility testing: The web chat has only been tested internally.
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: User-friendly and easily recognizable platform explained with in-depth "How to" video guides and a comprehensive Q&A list.; ; In case of any technical problems, all support is free of charge.
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: The platform is explained with in-depth "How to" video guides and a comprehensive Q&A list.
• Service documentation: No
• End-of-contract data extraction: The user pays in advance for one month at a time and thus has one month to download his data. The user can purchase the amount of gigabytes of download required in the last month of his subscription.
• End-of-contract process: If a user stops their monthly payments, we will send at least three emails with the message that we will delete all data after one month from the last timely payment date. If the user wants access to download his data after the payment deadline, it requires the monthly subscription price to be paid first.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: The design layout differs, but all functionality is available.
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: At Grøn Sky, there are no predetermined package solutions.; ; The individual user sets his own subscription according to his needs, which can be changed up or down month by month. In the same way, the number of users can be adjusted as needed.; ; It is also possible to purchase additional downloads in case it becomes necessary to download a large backup file.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Our platform runs in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, which provides the possibility of auto scaling, where we turn virtual servers on or off as needed. At the same time, we have load balancing which ensures that the individual user always gets optimal speed in his file transfers

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: We continuously measure how much data the user stores in the long-term storage, which is directly measurable power savings and thus reduction of CO2 emissions. Likewise, the savings are displayed in a "certificate" on the user's account. Monthly, we send a notification with suggestions for files in instant access storage that have not been opened for a long time and should be stored in long-term storage instead.
• Reporting types: Real-time dashboards

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to 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: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
• Equipment disposal approach: A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: On Grøn Sky's platform, all files are in an easily recognizable pathfinder structure, where the user simply right-click on the mouse button and select "download" from the menu.
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats: Same as uploaded
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: All types of data and files can be stored

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
• Data protection within supplier network: Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Grøn Sky follows Oracle's guarantee of 99.96% uptime.
• Approach to resilience: Grøn Sky's platform is covered by Oracle Cloud infrastructure's guarantees of resilience.
• Outage reporting: Instant email alerts and notifications.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: API key and Mac address on mobile devices and computers
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Only our chief programmer has access to administration interfaces and support channels, using a private key.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • 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

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • Grøn Sky is covered by Oracle's certifications - https://www.oracle.com/corporate/cloud-compliance/
  • European Trustmark covered in Denmark by e-maerket.dk

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • CSA CCM version 3.0
  • ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Grøn Sky closely follows the Danish and international guidelines for information security policies, and if necessary sends a report of data breaches to the relevant authorities in the UK.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: As Grøn Sky's solutions are a SaaS product running in OCI, we have no influence on the Configuration and change management approach.
• Vulnerability management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Grøn Sky's platform is built to withstand all external threats, so the threat level against the platform itself is assessed as low. Oracle's OCI was recently chosen by US Defense to store their top secret programs and files, so here too the threat level is assessed as low.
• Protective monitoring type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: Via an activity log, all transfers are closely monitored and abnormal behavior is recorded immediately. In the event of any hacking attempt on or from an account, it automatically triggers an immediate suspension of the account.; ; If a user's account gets suspended, we will notify the user immediately.
• Incident management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: If a user experiences a security flaw, please report it to Grøn Sky in our contact form using the topic "security issue"; Should a security breach occur, Green Sky immediately reports to the appropriate UK authorities.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Fighting climate change:

  Fighting climate change

  On Grøn Sky's platform, data stored in the cloud is divided into two groups – the data you use regularly is in an immediately available storage, as we know it today; ; - and the data you rarely look at is in a long-term storage, where the hard disk only uses power when data is being transferred.; ; In this way, we save 90% on electricity consumption and thus CO2 emissions.; ; At the same time, we automatically suggest clean-up, moving unused files to long-term storage.; ; Grøn Sky is commited to SDG13. We love to promote other initiatives which help prevent climate change and often promote such efforts on social media.

Pricing

• Price: £0.01 to £0.07 a gigabyte a month
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: 2 GB in instant access storage and 18 GB in long-term storage + 2 GB download included pr month.; Limited to a six month time period.

Service documents

• Pricing document

  ODT

• Service definition document

  ODT

• Terms and conditions

  ODT

• Modern Slavery statement

  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 pb@groensky.dk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.