SHIELDED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Security Specialist
Shielded Solutions provides expert security services, including strategy development, risk management, and robust design. We create scalable security architectures and deliver information assurance to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Our pragmatic approach ensures tailored, effective solutions that align with your business goals and evolving threat landscape.
Features
- Tailored security strategy with customised plans aligned to organisational goals.
- Comprehensive risk assessment identifying, analysing and mitigating threats effectively.
- Security design expertise delivering practical solutions for existing infrastructure.
- Future-proof architecture with scalable frameworks supporting growth and technology changes.
- Information assurance compliance protecting confidentiality, integrity and availability of data
- Vendor selection support providing guidance for trusted systems and partners.
- Regulatory alignment ensuring adherence to industry standards and legal requirements.
- Incident response planning preparing organisations for rapid recovery and continuity.
- Cost-effective solutions balancing robust protection with budget-conscious strategies.
- Continuous improvement through ongoing reviews adapting to emerging security threats
Benefits
- Reduces business risk and costs Minimises exposure to security threats
- Improves operational efficiency Streamlined processes reduce complexity and delays significantly
- Supports informed decision-making Clear risk insights guide strategic choices confidently
- Enhances compliance readiness Simplifies meeting regulatory and industry requirements consistently
- Accelerates secure deployments Secure architectures enable faster safer technology rollouts
- Strengthens organisational resilience against evolving cyber threats proactively
- Optimises resource allocation focusing investment on critical priorities
- Facilitates vendor selection providing expert guidance for trusted partnerships
- Improves incident response capability ensuring rapid recovery and minimal disruption
- Supports continuous improvement maintaining strong adaptive security posture always
Pricing
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
5 9 3 6 6 9 0 0 6 6 9 2 9 9 5
Contact
SHIELDED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Chris Hobbs
Telephone: 07748518568
Email: Commercial@shieldedsolutions.co.uk
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Security Services
- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Other
Service scope
- Service constraints
- Not applicable
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support response times
- Availability and Support hours will be based on a per project basis
- 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
- No
- Support levels
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Support levels will be determined on a project-by project basis to meet the need of client requirements.
Security specialist Rates will be based of G-Cloud rate card
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Developed Vetting (DV)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Business architect | £900.00 | £900.00 |
| Lead business architect | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Security architect | £900.00 | £900.00 |
| Lead security architect | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal security architect | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate solution architect | £700.00 | £700.00 |
| Solution architect | £800.00 | £800.00 |
| Senior solution architect | £900.00 | £900.00 |
| Lead solution architect | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal solution architect | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate technical architect | £850.00 | £850.00 |
| Technical architect | £900.00 | £900.00 |
| Senior technical architect | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Lead technical architect | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal technical architect | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
Chief digital and data roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Chief information security officer | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
Cyber security roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lead cyber security audit and assurance | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal cyber security audit and assurance | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security governance and risk manager | £850.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security monitoring | £850.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead cyber security monitoring | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal cyber security monitoring | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber incident response | £850.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead cyber security incident response | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal cyber security incident response | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security testing | £850.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead cyber security penetration testing | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Principal cyber security testing | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
Product and delivery roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Business analyst | £800.00 | £800.00 |
| Senior business analyst | £900.00 | £900.00 |
| Lead business analyst | £1,050.00 | £1,050.00 |
| Head of business analysis | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate delivery manager | £600.00 | £600.00 |
| Delivery manager | £700.00 | £700.00 |
| Senior delivery manager | £900.00 | £900.00 |
| Head of (Agile) delivery management | £1,100.00 | £1,100.00 |
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
- 138c6c1a-4613-4a53-a085-6156af8beba0
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Cyber Essentials Alternative
- In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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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
- 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 report and address bullying and harassment
- Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
- Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
- Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
- Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
- Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
- 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
- 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 to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
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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
- 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
- Plans for positive actions with community groups.
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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
- 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
- Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
- 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
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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
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
- 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
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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Service documents
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