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Phoenix Software Ltd

Druva Data Resiliency Cloud - Hybrid Workloads

Centralize local and remote data protection, single controls plane to manage data center backup and disaster recovery.

Scalable, all-in-one backup, disaster recovery, archival and analytics. Simplifies data protection, reducing costs, and improving visibility.

File Servers (Windows/Linux)
Virtual Environments (Hyper-V,VMware,Nutanix)
Databases (MS SQL,Oracle,SAP HANA)
NAS/Shares
AWS EC2
Azure VM and Discs

Features

  • Zero-trust security architecture
  • Immutable, air-gapped backups
  • Cloud backup and recovery of diverse data sources
  • Multi-Layer Defense Against Ransomware
  • Global deduplication of data across multiple sources
  • VMware File level recovery
  • SaaS Consumption pricing model
  • Multi-site administration from cloud dashboard
  • On premise data caching
  • Enterprise Level RTO/RPO

Benefits

  • Unlimited restores (no cloud egress charges)
  • Role based access control (RBAC)
  • Multi-Factor authentication (MFA)
  • Unusual data activity and user access insights
  • Long Term Retention and Archiving
  • Druva Archive Storage Tier for compliance
  • Global search of files across all data – any age
  • Optional CloudCache for faster data access
  • 256-bit AES and TLS 1.2 encryption

Pricing

£8.50 to £255.00 a licence

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

5 3 1 1 1 2 2 9 9 8 4 9 3 4 0

Contact

Phoenix Software Ltd Jonny Scott
Telephone: 01904 562200
Email: ccs@phoenixs.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
The Service is cloud based and constraints are likely to be end user specific. The only key restraint is this service only holds backup data in AWS clouds
System requirements
Local cloud cache-on premise storage, dependant upon users data sizes

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Business critical offered as standard with priority of response set by customer. Critical having 1 hour initial, high 2 hours, medium 4 hours and low 8 hours. We offer premium support (at a cost) with critical being 30 mins, high 1 hour, medium 2 hours, and low 4 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
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Web chat accessibility testing
Unknown
Onsite support
No
Support levels
Business critical offered as standard with priority of response set by customer. Critical having 1 hour initial, high 2 hours, medium 4 hours and low 8 hours. We offer premium support (at a cost) with critical being 30 mins, high 1 hour, medium 2 hours, and low 4 hours
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Druva operates a knowledge base portal for help and configuration documentation as well as free online learning videos to assist with service training
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
HTML
End-of-contract data extraction
Users can extract data manually from within the system at any time. An bulk export service is available at an additional cost
End-of-contract process
Users can extract data manually from within the system at any time. An bulk export service is available at an additonal cost. Upon termination of the contract, data is transferred back to the client over a secure channel (TLS 1.2) or other storage medium of their choice.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
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
N/A
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
There is a GUI Portal that allows users to access all aspects of the backup service
Accessibility standards
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Accessibility testing
Unknown
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
"We have both Events and Actionalble APIs

Please see following link to see documentation outlining all requirements:
https://developer.druva.com/reference"
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
HTML
API sandbox or test environment
No
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
"The service is cloud provisioned and right sized for each individual organisations workload demands. The right sizing of the cloud environment ensure performance demands are comfortably meet. The service is scalable using Amazon AWS Compute and Storage for all Servers, allowing it to use further resources as and when necessary. No further customer investment in additional technologies is necessary to ensure scalability of the service- this is included in the service per user cost
"

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
"Service availability,
deduplication rates,
successful backups,
successful restores,
Active users,
license allocation,
growth rates.
Not limited to the above and many more available"
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

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

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
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)
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Supplier-defined controls
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
Other
Other data at rest protection approach
"Data at rest (DARE) in the storage environment is protected by AES 256 Bit encryption.
We operate our services on AWS and meet the following physical security needs Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Encryption of all physical media
Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding"
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Users can extract data manually from within the system at any time. An bulk export service is available at an additional cost
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
Other
Other protection between networks
To protect data in flight, Druva uses industry-standard Transport Layer Security (TLS) for all data transmitted to the Druva Cloud Platform. Further, data at rest (DARE) in the storage environment is protected by AES 256 Bit encryption.
Data protection within supplier network
Other
Other protection within supplier network
Data at rest with AES-256 & data in motion with TLS 1.2

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
We provide an SLA of 99.5% uptime and 99.99999% Customer Data durability
Approach to resilience
AWS Multi-way redundancy: The cloud instance for the customer is alwalys replicated between 3 physically different data centres as part of the Amazon AWS availability zone feature. In the case of access being not availabile from 1 datacentre, the customers instance will be instantly available from 1 of the 2 further datacentres.
Outage reporting
Outages of the system availability or the storage component are communicated to all assigned administrators within a cloud instance via email as well as via the Support Portal. An online dashboard also reports instance of global outages

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Other
Other user authentication
Druva supports the use of cloud-based SSO solutions such as Okta, Ping Identity, and Microsoft ADFS for both administrators and end users. Organizations can also leverage more traditional directory service implementations, such as Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP, for user authentication.
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Users and management are seperated and controlled with separate authentication portals. RBAC is also used to determine a users level of system access
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
Other
Description of management access authentication
Via SSO and MFA

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
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time 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
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
Schellman LLP
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
28/09/2023
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
Yes
CSA STAR accreditation date
17/02/2023
CSA STAR certification level
Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover
N/A
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • ISAE 3000 Type II audit performed yearly by KPMG
  • Certifications around Safe Harbor
  • Review security and privacy controls for handling HIPAA-compliant PHI

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
Other
Other security governance standards
We undergo an annual ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA audit. Please review audit reports at security.druva.com
Information security policies and processes
Druva has a dedicated Security team that is responsible for security governance. This team includes dedicated personnel that oversee security operations, certifications, and internal audit. Druva's CSO reports to the company CFO. Refer to security.druva.com

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Both change and patch management follow the same process in the Configuration Management Policy. Patch management procedures exist to verify up-to-date patches and update installations. Changes to the application/database are requested using a Change Request ticketing system. Changes are approved as following the Cloud Operations Guide. Implementers are granted access to the production server, deploying the changes following approval from the Cloud Operations Head. There are logically separate environments for development, testing, and production of client applications and databases. Testing environments separate from production are established and used. The Cloud Operations team tests the application functionalities before change deployment
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Vulnerability Management for the Druva Cloud Service is done as follows: Critical Vulnerabilities are patched in 14 days or less. High Vulnerabilities are patched in 30 days or less. Medium Vulnerabilities are patched in 90 days or less. Low Vulnerabilities are patched in 180 days or less.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Druva has logging systems and log reviews to detect security issues such as loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to Customer Data. This includes developing a baseline of expected activity within the Cloud Services; logging to detect activity exceeding baseline thresholds. Logs shall be regularly reviewed by Druva, either manually or using log parsing tools. Logs will be retained for a minimum of six (6) months and protected from unauthorized access, modification, and accidental or deliberate destruction. Customers wishing to retain audit trails beyond this period can do so through our events API and ingest the logs into their SIEM system.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Druva has a documented Incident Response Plan that includes steps to respond to security incidents including identification, investigation, response, mitigation, customer notification, and root cause analysis.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

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

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change
Effective stewardship of the environment with activities that deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract including working towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
We can support customers environmental goals by providing annual carbon emissions on contract and reduction plans.

We will run free of charge sustainability infrastructure reviews for customers to understand how they can reduce carbon emissions of their IT services.

We are working towards 2040 Net-Zero GreenHouseGas emissions.
Since 2021 we have been Carbon Neutral with Gold Standard Certified carbon credits - partner Ecologi.
By 2026 we aimed to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% from a 20/21 baseline year and which we have now achieved.
By 2030 we aim to reduce all of our emissions (including Scope 3) by 50% this is from a 22/23 baseline year.

Achievement of 2030 50% reduction targets (based on last FY) would mean a minimum carbon reduction of 142tCO2e per year for the public sector.

We record and monitor our usage/ conversion to carbon emissions monthly and progress is published annually on the website in accordance with PPN06/21 and SECR guidelines. We are ISO14001 certified, and our targets are currently being verified by SBTi.

Overall, the business:
-Generates solar energy (85%) with REGO renewable purchased energy.
-Zero waste to landfill waste management
-Minimises travel emissions by 60%
-Uses water wisely – reduced by 15%

Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support environmental protection and improvement.

We work hard to influence others and change behaviours to help fight climate change.

Workforce:
-Sustainability inductions
-Sustainability training
-Staff campaigns
-Volunteering opportunities
-Family woodland tree planting

Suppliers:
-Supply-chain reviews
-Sustainability training
-Blogs/ media content
-Sustainability training

Customers:
-Sustainability Infrastructure Review
-Hardware Carbon-Assessments
-Circular-Economy support
-Sustainability training

Covid-19 recovery

COVID-19
Help local communities to manage and recover from the impact of COVID-19 with activities in the delivery of the contract which:
Create employment, re-training and other return to work opportunities for those left unemployed by COVID-19, particularly new opportunities in high growth sectors.
- Phoenix Employability Outreach Programme - Unique access to Microsoft Career Essentials programme
Support organisations and businesses to manage and recover from the impacts of COVID-19, including where new ways of working are needed to deliver services.
-Phoenix Small Business Digital Skills Outreach programme – webinars supporting cyber security, accessibility and licensing.
-Phoenix VCSE Digital Skills Outreach Programme – webinars supporting cyber security, accessibility and licensing.
Support the physical and mental health of people affected by COVID-19, including reducing the demand on health and care services.
-Phoenix Digital Skills Outreach Programme – Supporting people to access services services online e.g NHS app and Banking apps.
Examples of our working with London and Quadrant Housing Association to deliver befriending calls for tenants who were lonely and isolated as a result of Covid19.
We have also worked with Liverpool City Council to promote employability courses to those left unemployed by Covid-19 and who are now in employment.
We provided free of charge IT service desk to 15 charities during the pandemic and have worked closely with them to support them with returning to full operation again.

Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality
Create new businesses, new jobs and new skills with activities that, in the delivery of the contract:
Create opportunities for entrepreneurship and help new, small organisations to grow, supporting economic growth and business creation.
-60% of our supply chain are SME’s
-We are signatories and adhere to the Prompt Payment Code
-Host Dragons Den SME supply chain sessions for new suppliers to showcase their services for our customers.
Create employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas.
- The Phoenix Employability Outreach Programme provide unique access to Microsoft Career Essentials digital literacy programme, career talks and employability advice.
Create employment and training opportunities, particularly for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors.
-Graduate work placements
-Phoenix Employability Outreach Programme - Unique access to Microsoft Career Essentials programme for certifications to skill up for roles in the IT sector.
-We work with our supply-chain to create job roles with shared apprenticeship heads and promotion to permanent employment.
Support educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications.
-Apprenticeships whereby we aim for c.10 graduating apprentices and all are moved into permanent employment with Phoenix.
-Skills City Bootcamp where we deliver career talks and provide projects to 19+ year olds seeking to upskill for employment in the technology sector.
Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support employment and skills opportunities in high growth sectors.
-Our programmes are delivered in partnership with our customers, supply chain and workforce, including Career talks, mentoring and IT challenge activities.

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity
Reduce the disability employment gap with activities that:
Demonstrate action to increase the representation of disabled people in the contract workforce.
-We are certified Disability Confident Employers (level 2).
-We provide Digital Accessibility training for all staff so we can communicate with each other and our customers in an inclusive manner.
-We are exploring the use of the Voluntary Reporting Framework for understanding the disability makeup of the workforce.
Tackling workforce inequalities with activities that demonstrate action to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce.
- We focus on ensuring an inclusive and unbiased recruitment strategy, with unconscious-bias training, blind recruitment processes, and reviewing language and placement of advertisements.

-All staff trained receive mandatory EDI training annually.

Various initiatives include
-Signatories of the Race at Work Charter,
-Disability Confident Committed Employer
-Signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant
-Gender-Neutral toilets
-Prayer room
-Milk-pumping room
-Sponsor York Pride
-We have specific policies for Menopause, and LGBTQ+.
-We have established an Accessibility-Centre-of-Excellence to display the latest technology
-We monitor our workforce statistics and report on them:
Gender 65% male /35% female (industry-average 20%)
Ethnicity 5.6% (local-area 3.9%)
Staff turnover 12.3% (industry-average 13.2%)
Using the Voluntary Reporting Framework, we are working on what and how we can report metrics around disabled people in the workforce, including those with hidden disabilities.

We have been recertified as a Great Place to Work™ and UK's Best Workplaces™ for Women.

Wellbeing

Wellbeing
The mental health and well-being (MHWB) of our staff is of the utmost importance to us and our MHWB Policy aims to provide a working environment that promotes and supports the MHWB of all employees.
Activities that demonstrate action to support the health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce at Phoenix include:
-We utilise different resources not least those from Mental Health at Work Commitment, NHS Every Mind Matters, and the MIND employer toolkit to improve our employee MHWB programme.
-All our staff heavily discounted private health insurance includes mental wellness. Plan members access a range of health treatments including face to face counselling and cognitive behaviour therapy.
-Phoenix invests in the St Johns Ambulance Mental Health First Aid training course to ensure we have MH first aiders in the business and the skills to address MH in the workplace.
-The new challenges the pandemic has raised, on our employee’s MHWB, has led to the creation of a staff network group who meet monthly, to ensure that all we do and say truly covers all aspects of MHWB.
-All employees are given a monthly wellbeing hour to take for their own personal time and are also supported with monthly tea and toast sessions discussing and normalising MHWB topics.

We influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health.
-We provide Digital Accessibility training for all staff so we can communicate with each other and our customers in an inclusive manner.
-We have established an Accessibility-Centre-of-Excellence to display the latest technology to the workforce, supply chain and our customers
-We deliver digital accessibility training to customers
-We are sponsors of the Neurodiversity Awards

Pricing

Price
£8.50 to £255.00 a licence
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
30 day free trial - full functionality

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 ccs@phoenixs.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.