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Barrier Networks

Occamsec InCenter Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting Platform.

Incenter SaaS platform : continuous penetration-testing, automation and human testers, continually test for vulnerabilities in applications, infrastructure and software.
Penetration-Testing: Ethical hacker team providing penetration testing to find vulnerabilities and risk.
Threat Hunting: Consulting looking for IOC within organisation.
"Teaming": Assessing attack vectors (Red), Defensive team (Blue) and mix (Purple)

Features

  • Dashboard to view ongoing security testing
  • Vulnerability details
  • Remediation Recommendations
  • Real-time reporting
  • Business risk overview
  • Attack chain walkthroughs
  • Retesting included

Benefits

  • Continuous visibility of vulnerabilities and risk
  • Improves efficiency of security operations
  • Saves time on vulnerability management
  • Prioritizes what to fix first
  • Reduces security operations budget

Pricing

£120 a device a year

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

5 0 0 9 3 0 8 9 7 9 5 1 1 2 6

Contact

Barrier Networks Iain Slater
Telephone: 0141 356 0101
Email: info@barriernetworks.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
N/a
System requirements
N/a

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Within 2 hours 7 days /week
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Via Occamsec website
Web chat accessibility testing
N/a
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
24x7x365 support at no extra cost to all clients. A dedicated account manager, technical account manager and PM are aligned.
Support available to third parties
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Onboarding is easy and simple with online training provided.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Users are able to download data to CSV, PDF, and JSON.
End-of-contract process
A one year service cost will enable Incenter to run all year with the pre-agreed scope of assets to be tested on the platform. Additional 'deep dive' penetration testing can be arranged ad-hoc at reduced day rate.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
No
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
Customizable GUI for C level/engineer/developer levels
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
Users access the platform via URL. They can login with Incenter credentials or existing SSO credentials. Permsission levels can be set by client for varying users.
Accessibility testing
None
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
We can provide documentation on how to use the API service after account setup. Changes can be made with calls to specific endpoints. Limitations are based on user permission levels.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
The GUI can be customized based on user role to see one project/multiple projects/all security testing information.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Incenter is on a cloud platform with capacity to ensure no user actvity can impact another user or organisation.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Frequency of tests/scans, duration of tests, outcomes of testing
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Occamsec

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
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
  • Other locations
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
In-house
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Users are able to download data to CSV, PDF, and JSON at any time with varying data points specified.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
PDF
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
N/a

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
We strive to provide 100% uptime. In the event of anticipated downtime, we provide 24 hours notification or greater to users. In the rare event of unexpected downtime, we strive to minimise downtime to less than 1 hour return to availability.
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Email alerts and maintenance page display to users.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Users can login using username and password or a Single Sign on Process. Users are also able to setup Multi-Factor authentication for login as well.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

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
Yes
Any other security certifications
CREST

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
N/a
Information security policies and processes
Our Information Security policies follow the core tenants of the ISO27000 series. There are data encryption, data classification, antivirus, acceptable use, and other appropriate policies and procedures to guide employee interaction with company and client data.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Any changes to our system are reviewed by leadership and evaluated for potential security implications. For any software development changes, these are reviewed as part of the software development lifecycle process and evaluated for any gaps in implementation. Furthermore, our company infrastrucutre has regular security testing performed against it.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Our internal penetration testing team performs regular penetration tests against our company infrastructure and the Incenter platform. This includes external network testing, internal network testing, and authenticated web application testing. Any identified vulnerabiliites are reported to our Infrastructure team for immedaite resolution. Our penetration testing team are constantly review threat information both from public sources and our own internal threat intelligence team.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
"• Alerting Systems: We leverage the built-in alerting mechanisms provided by our cloud-based solutions. These systems are configured to detect/report unusual or potentially malicious activity.
• End User Protection: While end-point protection is required for all staff, it is not centrally managed. However, the requirements for endpoint security are clearly defined and communicated to all users to ensure a consistent level of security is maintained.
• Incident Handling Procedures: When a threat is identified, our team initiates an incident response procedure to address the detected issue, ensuring that appropriate measures are taken through to resolution."
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
We have an existing security incident policy that we follow for any suspected security incidents. Users can report suspected incidents using several in and out of band means. Reported incidents are investigated by the most approrpiate members of the in-house team. Findings and recommendations are documented in internal documentation.

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

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Equal opportunity

• To create an environment in which individual differences and the contributions of all our staff are recognised and valued.
• Every employee is entitled to a working environment that promotes dignity and respect to all. No form of intimidation, bullying or harassment will be tolerated.
• Training, development and progression opportunities are available to all staff.
• To promote equality in the workplace which we believe is good management practice and makes sound business sense.
• We will review all our employment practices and procedures to ensure fairness.
• Breaches of our Equality Policy will be regarded as misconduct and could lead to disciplinary proceedings.
• This policy is fully supported by Senior Management.
• The policy will be monitored and reviewed regularly.

Wellbeing

• We promote an open, supportive company culture where employees look out for one another and feel comfortable discussing any difficulties. Mental health is valued equally to physical health.
• Employees have access to confidential counselling, therapy, and other mental health resources through our employee assistance program.
• We encourage taking time off when needed for mental health days in addition to sick days. Employees are trusted to manage their time off responsibly.
• Training is provided to managers on recognizing signs of burnout,
work overload, and other mental health concerns. Managers work to
proactively address issues and reduce employee stress.
• Employee workloads and schedules are designed to be reasonable
and sustainable.
• Wellness initiatives like meditation breaks, stress management
workshops, mindfulness programs, and social events are offered
throughout the year.

Pricing

Price
£120 a device a year
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
Free trial / Proof of Concept can run for 1 month and includes all service features and benefits

Service documents

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