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PRIMESYS LTD

Barracuda - SecureEdge (SASE)

SecureEdge provides secure application access, cloud-delivered security for endpoints, and automated SD-WAN connectivity for sites and industrial facilities of any type or size.
Remote users access applications directly from any device. Zero-trust enforcement, URL filtering, and last-mile traffic optimisation all ensure that application access is always secure and optimised.

Features

  • Secure access to private and SaaS apps (ZTNA)
  • Secure Web Gateway (SWG) for office and branch edges
  • Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
  • Security, connectivity, and ZTNA remote access for things (IoT/ICS)
  • Last-mile optimization
  • Intent-based networking & policy management
  • Automated Seure SD-WAN
  • Advanced Web Security
  • Flexible Service Edge
  • Advanced Threat Protection including TLS Inspection

Benefits

  • Connects any device, app, or cloud/hybrid environment
  • Agent based filtering protecting users regardless of location
  • Easy to integrate with existing environment
  • Customisable to organisations requirements
  • Next-generation firewall capabilities delivered to any site or client.
  • Improves visibility of web & application usage from any location
  • single-vendor SASE solution that integrates and automates its components
  • Secure access to approved applications with security and eligibility valuation
  • Securely connect any branch office to the cloud
  • Secure and connect industrial devices to the cloud or office

Pricing

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

4 7 9 7 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 9 1 7

Contact

PRIMESYS LTD Ryan Smith
Telephone: 07866813062
Email: info@primesys.co.uk

About your service

Service categories

Applications

Production and operations

  • Other operations
Multi cloud support
Yes

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
Requires Barracuda SD-WAN Edge devices for site connectivity
System requirements
  • Site devices required for secure site connectivity
  • User agent for filtering
  • Licensing and sizing to be confirmed during purchase process

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
Enhanced support is included with all services. Upgraded support can be purchased
https://www.barracuda.com/support/plans-and-packages
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
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Yes
Web chat support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Web chat is accesible via main Barrauda Website, Support Portal and from within product service
Web chat accessibility testing
None
Onsite support
No
Support levels
All Barracuda SaaS software comes with 24x7x365 support services included with the service. Premium support can be purchased at additional cost

https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/Barracuda_Premium_Support.pdf
Support available to third parties
Yes
AI chatbot
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
All Barracuda customer have access to Barracuda Campus which documents both how to use the system and gives access to self paced video training. Customer may also purchase Professional Services direct from Barracuda to support installation and delivery of the solution. Professional Services are an additional cost.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
HTML
End-of-contract data extraction
At the expiration or termination of your service with Barracuda, Barracuda generally retains Customer Data in the Service for up to 30 days to give customers the opportunity to download their data. After the 30-day period, Barracuda will automatically delete the customer data and will have no obligation to maintain or provide any customer data and will have no liability resulting from destruction of the customer data
End-of-contract process
At the expiration or termination of your service with Barracuda, Barracuda generally retains Customer Data in the Service for up to 30 days to give customers the opportunity to download their data. After the 30-day period, Barracuda will automatically delete the customer data and will have no obligation to maintain or provide any customer data and will have no liability resulting from destruction of the customer data
Documentation accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the documentation is accessible
See Barracuda T&C's https://www.barracuda.com/company/legal

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Other
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
Platform will work with any browser however recommended to be used via desktop for clarity and ease of use.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
Interface is web based and allows for resellers and customers to support environments
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
Barracuda services are designed to work with accessible features of the web browser.
Accessibility testing
None
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Customer can create customised web, application and access policies per to allow or deny IT users access to web based content or corpoate resource including public cloud and SaaS. Connectivity requirements can be configured as required per site.

Scaling

Independence of resources
"Barracuda SecureEdge is designed and built with a highly resilient and sclable cloud architecture that will expand upon demand increase. This is all backed by a published SLA of which further details can be found here:
https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/Barracuda-SecureEdge-Product-and-Service-Description.pdf"

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Activity logs
Summary Reports
Realtime Dashboards
Audit Logs
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
Resource tagging
No
FOCUS resource tagging
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller (no extras)
Organisation whose services are being resold
Barracuda Networks

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Supplier-defined controls
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
  • Other
Other data at rest protection approach
Log and configuration data that is held in the Service is encrypted during transmission and at rest.
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
At the expiration or termination of your service with Barracuda, Barracuda generally retains Customer Data in the Service for up to 30 days to give customers the opportunity to download their data. After the 30-day period, Barracuda will automatically delete the customer data and will have no obligation to maintain or provide any customer data and will have no liability resulting from destruction of the customer data
Data export formats
Other
Other data export formats
PDF
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
Other protection between networks
Data is secured using TLS based encryption.
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
Other protection within supplier network
Log and configuration data that is held in the Service is encrypted during transmission and at rest.

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Barracuda cloud solutions are built with high availability at the core to ensure uptime of services. Further details can be requested during purchase process.
Barracuda Networks supply a service with an SLA of 99.5%. See link for latest SLA documentation
https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/Barracuda-SecureEdge-Product-and-Service-Description.pdf
Approach to resilience
Available upon request
Outage reporting
All outages are recorded on website https://status.barracuda.com. Email and SMS alerts can be subscribed to for the relevant service

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
Barracuda have a RBAC control system in place ensuring all administrators require authentication to modify or create policies and settings within the solution
Access restriction testing frequency
At least 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
Between 1 month and 6 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
You control when users can access audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months
How long system logs are stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
Other
Other security governance standards
SOC 2 Type 2
Information security policies and processes
https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/Barracuda-SecureEdge-Product-and-Service-Description.pdf
Software Security Code of Practice
Yes

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Barracuda has a comprehensive change control and QA process in place. Further details can be requested via https://trust.barracuda.com regarding inependent verification
Vulnerability management type
Undisclosed
Vulnerability management approach
Barracuda has a comprehensive vulnerability management process in place. Further details can be requested via https://trust.barracuda.com regarding inependent verification
Protective monitoring type
Undisclosed
Protective monitoring approach
Barracuda has a comprehensive proactive monitoring process in place. Further details can be requested via https://trust.barracuda.com regarding inependent verification
Incident management type
Undisclosed
Incident management approach
Barracuda has a comprehensive Incident management process in place. Further details can be requested via https://trust.barracuda.com regarding inependent verification
Post-quantum cryptography secure
No

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
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
Barracuda offers full featured trial license for 14 days. Customer will be required to complete information form to have trial licenses assigned.
Link to free trial
https://www.barracuda.com/support/free-trials

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

Less than £250,000
0%
Between £250,000 and £500,000
5%
Between £500,001 and £1,000,000
5%
Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000
0%
Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000
0%
Over £5,000,001
0%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
9f316d05-94ac-492e-9466-4e57b54bb49f
Cyber essentials plus
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
None of the criteria
Other security certifications
No

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

    • 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
  • 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

    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
  • 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 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
  • 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

    • 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
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression

Service documents

Request an accessible format
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