BLUEFORT SECURITY LIMITED

Orca Security CNAPP with BlueFort Evolve

Orca Security is the leading agentless CNAPP that allows security teams to work smarter, not harder. Designed for organizations operating in the cloud who need complete, centralized visibility of their entire cloud estate and focus on remediating the actual risks that matter most.

Features

• Cloud Native Application Protection
• Cloud Workload Protection
• Container and Kubernetes Security
• Cloud Detection & Response
• Cloud Security Posture Management
• Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management
• Shift Left Security
• API Security
• Data Security and Posture Management
• AI Security

Benefits

• Secure cloud native applications with a purpose-built platform
• Protect VMs, containers, and serverless functions,
• Scalable security for containers and Kubernetes for every cloud
• 24x7 monitoring and response across the entire cloud attack surface,
• Identify and remediate misconfigurations across clouds,
• Secure cloud identities and entitlements,
• Secure cloud-native apps across the SDLC,
• Achieve regulatory compliance with frameworks, benchmarks
• API discovery, security posture management, and drift detection,
• Reduce the risk of data breaches and protect sensitive PII.

• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

579921108240522

Contact

Darren Smith
01252 917000
accounts@bluefort.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  Security

  • Cloud native application protection platform
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: Primary Cloud Service Provider support - AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud
• System requirements: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: The SLAs are dependent on the Support Package the customer purchases (Standard and Elite).
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• 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: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Web chat accessibility testing: In the first instance, the chat support leverages AI to be able to assist with the initial triaging of the issue. Failure to get adequete assitance will then connect with an agent.
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: "Standard - Basic support coverage, 5 business days per week for 9 hours a day. This includes customer support portal access, documentation access, and chat support.; Elite - Enhanced support coverage, seven days a week for 24 hours a day. This includes phone support, a dedicated Slack channel, faster response times, assigned CSM and CSE, monthly check-in calls, feature release and roadmap sessions, and feature request tracking.; Diamond -Enhanced support coverage, 7 days a week for 24 hours a day. Includes a dedicated support engineer, threat analysis, fastest response times, and an executive sponsorship."
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Training, Documentation
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Should the customer like to retrieve any data from their Orca tenant, they should do so before the expiration of the contract as access is terminated immediately.
• End-of-contract process: Following the expiration of the contract, we will maintain the customer tenant and associated data for a period of 60 days after which the data will be purged
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AAA

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Description of service interface: API as addition
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Accessibility testing: No testing - other than standard dev accessibility tests
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: "Many platform functions available via API. Full documentation available. Throttle limits include:-; ; For the following query type values:; assets, alerts, inventory, logs, cves, stats, top_alerts, scheme, asset_map; ; o api_query_organization - All users can make 30000 API /query/{query_type} per 1 day.; o api_query_user - Each user can make 30000 API /query/{query_type} per 1 day.; o api_query_default - Each IP can make 30000 API calls per each API /query/{query_type} per 1 day.; ; For the Sonar query:; o api_query_organization - All users can make 100 API /sonar/query per 1 minute.; ; "
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: N/A

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Auto-scaling on AWS backend, robust config and sizing constraints. Global regions for service continuation.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Number of active instances, serverless functions, images, containers etc.
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller (no extras)
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Orca

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)
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• 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: Physical security for Orca's databases is managed by AWS. Physical access to Orca's office is restricted using badges for which only our employees and building staff have keys.
• 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: Physical Destruction / Hardware containing data is completely destroyed

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Yes
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: Other
• Other protection between networks: All of Orca's communications at transit external or internal are done via secure and encrypted channels using TLS 1.2 and above.
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: 99.9 - available in realtime here:- https://status.orcasecurity.io/
• Approach to resilience: AWS Datacenters:- https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-center/controls/
• Outage reporting: Public Dashboard

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication: Other
• Other user authentication: All access for Web UI is 2-factor or federated. Web UI then used for management, onboarding etc. For API access, users be authorized to make API calls using authentication from your Orca session.
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: By default, Orca Security's support team and engineers have access to your Orca tenant. This allows quick and effective support when needed. You can deny this access at any time.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication: Other
• Description of management access authentication: All access for Web UI is 2-factor or federated. Web UI then used for management, onboarding etc. For API access, users be authorized to make API calls using authentication from your Orca session.

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: Users have access to real-time 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: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: All available in Orca Security Trust Center:- https://trustcenter.orca.security/
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: "All formal changes, such as architectural and physical changes, shall go through a set process outlined as follows:- ; ; • Change request - a formal request is submitted to the owner of the asset with the change itself, its objectives, and potential impacts on information security ; • Risk assessment - The asset owner performs a risk assessment to identify potential information security risks associated with the proposed change. ; • Approval - Once both the change and its impacts are understood, the change receives approval from the asset owner ; • Implementation - Approved changes are implemented and tested for effectiveness
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Orca scans on daily basis in order to detect any applicable patches and we perform the patch in accordance with the applicable SLA by our Devops team
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Orca uses a suite of monitoring tools in order to monitor its service. The production environment, including the servers and application, is monitored by the Operation Team. Key Orca personnel are notified of events related to the security, availability, or confidentiality of service to clients. In order to improve service availability to clients and to support the operations of the Orca Security environments, Orca Security maintains a dedicated DevOps team. The production environment, including the servers and application, is monitored by the DevOps team. Actions performed on the production environment, including OS, DB and application are monitored, logged and reviewed
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Orca has a security incident response management policy. Identified incidents are managed and tracked in Jira tickets up to resolution. Incidents are classified according to the level of urgency and importance. Resources are allocated in order to investigate the incident and resolve the issue. The CISO is responsible for escalating critical incidents and performing Lesson Learned reviews. By procedure and according to a strict SLA, Incident notifications are sent to customers in the case that their data has been impac
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

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 v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Free Audit and Risk Assessment & 30 Days Free Trial
• Link to free trial: https://orca.security/demo/

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

• Less than £250,000: 20%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 20%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 20%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 20%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 20%
• Over £5,000,001: 20%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: URS
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Tuesday 23 September 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: NA
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: URS
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Tuesday 26 December 2023
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: NA
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: None of the criteria
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 93dcd8e1-1939-481b-b4e9-d630ec2d7db1
• 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

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
    • 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
    • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
    • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
    • How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
    • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract

  • 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 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering

  • 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

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
    • Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
    • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
    • Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
    • Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
    • Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds

  • 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 opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and 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
    • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it

  • 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

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
    • 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
    • Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • 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 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
    • Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
    • Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce

Service documents

• Pricing document

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