CYBIT LIMITED

AWS Managed Service

A managed service for AWS that is supported by qualified technicians and offers clear business benefits to customers. We are a partner that is skilled at cloud infrastructure and application migration, and deliver value to customers by offering proactive monitoring, automation, cost control, security and management of your environment

Features

• Cloud Consultancy
• Migration Services
• AWS procured and managed
• Patching, Security, Backups and Monitoring
• Cloud Compute and Storage
• Amazon RDS Management
• Managed Desktop
• VPC
• Design & Architecture

Benefits

• Easy Migration to AWS
• Reduce Infrastructure costs
• Allows you to focus on your core priorities
• Failure resilient applications across multiple availability zones
• Secure and highly flexible hybrid solution
• Compatible with Direct Connect, PSN and N3
• Work with an AWS Public Sector Accredited Partner
• Monitoring of entire infrastructure & application estate

£14 a megabyte a month

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

712534584235809

Contact

Chris Shields
01912380111
chris.shields@cybit.com

Service scope

• Service constraints: None
• System requirements: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: With agreed SLA timeframes
• 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: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Cybit customers benefit from a support desk of highly trained and certified application engineers that are all UK based. Support is defined into five key areas that also help form the service level agreement with our customers and to ensure it meets your organisation’s needs. These include: • Service Definition Including start and end date whilst also stating all key contacts and level of support provided. • Incident Management Under ITIL an Incident is any sort of problem or service request submitted by the Customer to Cybit. Cybit’s Service Desk, which will log and respond to all Incidents, operates during our Normal Hours of Coverage which is between 8:00am and 6:00pm, Monday through Friday excluding public holidays. Out of hours’ support is also available on request. Our service levels are detailed below • Critical - 4 hour target resolution • High - 7.5 hour target resolution • Medium - 22.5 hour target resolution • Low - 75 hours target resolution Costs - We have a single rate for all level of support as it is the nature of the incident that will confirm its support status. We provide cloud support engineers as part of this service.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: We provide a range of resources to help customers get started on our services. These include: comprehensive documentation (in multiple formats).
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Data may be copied out using OS-level tools (such as xopy or rsync).
• End-of-contract process: Buyer may terminate the relationship with Cybit for any reason by (i) providing notice and (ii) closing buyers account.; ; Customers retain control and ownership of their data. We will not erase customer data for 30 days following an account termination. This allows customers to retrieve content from Supplier services so long as the customer has paid any charges for any post-termination use of the service offerings and all other amounts due.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Using the web interface: Almost all functionality for each of our services is exposed through the web console.; ; The web console facilitates management for all aspects of the AWS account in a consolidated view whilst providing access to all services and their respective functionalities.
• Web interface accessibility standard: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Web interface accessibility testing: None
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Wide range of 3rd party services hook into AWS APIs. Also offer SDKs for Python, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, Java, .NET, Node.js.
• API automation tools:
  • Ansible
  • Chef
  • SaltStack
  • Terraform
  • Puppet
  • Other
• Other API automation tools: Cloud formation
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • Other
• Command line interface: Yes
• Command line interface compatibility:
  • Linux or Unix
  • Windows
  • MacOS
• Using the command line interface: All functionality is available via the CLI

Scaling

• Scaling available: Yes
• Scaling type: Automatic
• Independence of resources: Customer environments are logically segregated to prevent users and customers from accessing resources not assigned to them.; ; Services which provide virtualized operational environments to customers (i.e. EC2) ensure that customers are segregated via security management processes/controls at the network and hypervisor level.; ; AWS continuously monitors service usage to project infrastructure needs to support availability commitments/requirements. AWS maintains a capacity planning model to assess infrastructure usage and demands at least monthly, and usually more frequently. In addition, the AWS capacity planning model supports the planning of future demands to acquire and implement additional resources based upon current resources and forecasted requirements.
• Usage notifications: Yes
• Usage reporting:
  • API
  • Email
  • SMS

Analytics

• Infrastructure or application metrics: Yes
• Metrics types:
  • CPU
  • Disk
  • HTTP request and response status
  • Network
  • Number of active instances
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: AWS

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• 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
  • 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 every 6 months
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: AWS adheres to independently validated privacy, data protection, security protections and control processes. (Listed under “certifications”).; ; AWS is responsible for the security of the cloud; customers are responsible for security in the cloud. AWS enables customers to control their content (where it will be stored, how it will be secured in transit or at rest, how access to their AWS environment will be managed).; ; Wherever appropriate, AWS offers customers options to add additional security layers to data at rest, via scalable and efficient encryption features. AWS offers flexible key management options and dedicated hardware-based cryptographic key storage.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type:
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
  • Hardware containing data is completely destroyed
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process

Backup and recovery

• Backup and recovery: Yes
• What’s backed up: All formats and machines
• Backup controls: Users schedule backups through a web interface
• Datacentre setup: Multiple datacentres with disaster recovery
• Scheduling backups: Users schedule backups through a web interface
• Backup recovery: Users can recover backups themselves, for example through a web interface

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Bonded fibre optic connections
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
• Data protection within supplier network: Other
• Other protection within supplier network: Provided upon request

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: AWS currently provides SLAs for several services. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of AWS’s product offerings, SLAs are best reviewed directly on our website via the link below: https://aws.amazon.com/legal/service-level-agreements/; ; Well-architected solutions on AWS that leverage AWS Service SLA’s and unique AWS capabilities such as multiple Availability Zones, can ease the burden of achieving specific SLA requirements.
• Approach to resilience: The AWS Business Continuity plan details the process that AWS follows in the case of an outage, from detection to deactivation. AWS has developed a three-phased approach: Activation and Notification Phase, Recovery Phase, and Reconstitution Phase. This approach ensures that AWS performs system recovery and reconstitution efforts in a methodical sequence, maximizing the effectiveness of the recovery and reconstitution efforts and minimizing system outage time due to errors and omissions.; ; AWS maintains a ubiquitous security control environment across all regions. Each data centre is built to physical, environmental, and security standards in an active-active configuration, employing an n+1 redundancy model, ensuring system availability in the event of component failure. Components (N) have at least one independent backup component. All data centres are online and serving traffic. In case of failure, there is sufficient capacity to enable traffic to be load-balanced to the remaining sites.; ; Customers are responsible for implementing contingency planning, training and testing for their systems hosted on AWS. AWS provides customers with the capability to implement a robust continuity plan, including the utilization of frequent server instance back-ups, data redundancy replication, and the flexibility to place instances and store data within multiple geographic regions across multiple Availability Zones.
• Outage reporting: Public dashboard; personalised dashboard with API and events; configurable alerting (email / SMS / messaging)

Identity and authentication

• User authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Limited access network (for example PSN)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: IAM provides user access control to AWS services, APIs and specific resources. Other controls include time, originating IP address, SSL use, and whether users authenticated via MFA devices.; ; API calls to launch/terminate instances, change firewalls, and perform other functions are signed by customers’ Amazon Secret Access Key (either the root AWS Account’s Secret Access Key or the Secret Access key of a user created with AWS IAM). Amazon EC2 API calls cannot be made on customers’ behalf without access to customers’ Secret Access Ke.; ; API calls can be encrypted with TLS/SSL for confidentiality and customers can use TLS/SSL-protected API endpoin
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: 2-factor authentication
• Devices users manage the service through: Dedicated device on a segregated network (providers own provision)

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: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: You control when users can access 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: EY Certify Point
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 03/12/2018
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• 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:
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • SOC 1/2/3

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: AWS implements formal, documented policies and procedures that provide guidance for operations and information security within the organisation. Policies address purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities and management commitment.; ; Employees maintain policies in a centralised and accessible location. AWS Security Assurance is responsible for familiarizing employees with the AWS security policies.; ; AWS has established information security functions that are aligned with defined structure, reporting lines, and responsibilities. Leadership involvement provides clear direction and visible support for security initiatives.; ; The output of AWS Leadership reviews include any decisions or actions related to:; ; • Improvement of the effectiveness of the ISMS.; • Update of the risk assessment and treatment plan.; • Modification of procedures and controls that affect information security to respond to internal or external events that may impact the ISMS.; • Resource needs.; • Improvement in how the effectiveness of controls is measured.; ; Policies are approved by AWS leadership at least annually or following a significant change to the AWS environment.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Changes to AWS services and features follow secure software development practices, including security risk reviews prior to launch. Developer access to production environments is via explicit access system requests, subject to owner review and authorisation.; ; Teams set bespoke change management standards per service, underpinned by standard AWS guidelines.; ; All production environment changes are reviewed, tested and approved. Stages include design, documentation, implementation (including rollback procedures), testing (non-production environment), peer to peer review (business impact/technical rigour/code), final approval by authorised party.; ; Emergency changes follow AWS incident response procedures. Exceptions to change management processes are documented and escalated to AWS management.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: AWS Security performs vulnerability scans on the host operating system, web applications, and databases in the AWS environment. Approved 3rd party vendors conduct external assessments (minimum frequency: quarterly). Identified vulnerabilities are monitored and evaluated. Countermeasures are designed and implemented to neutralise known/newly identified vulnerabilities.; ; AWS Security monitors newsfeeds/vendor sites for patches and receives customer intelligence via http://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/.; ; AWS customers are responsible for all scanning, penetration testing, file integrity monitoring and intrusion detection for their Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS instances/ applications. Scans should include customer IP addresses (not AWS endpoints). AWS endpoint testing is part of AWS compliance vulnerability scans.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: AWS deploys monitoring devices to collect information on unauthorized intrusion attempts, usage abuse, and network/application bandwidth usage. Devices monitor:; ; • Port scanning attacks; • Usage (CPU, processes, disk utilization, swap rates, software-error generated losses); • Application metrics; • Unauthorized connection attempts; ; Near real-time alerts flag incidents, based on AWS Service/Security Team- set thresholds.; ; Requests to AWS KMS are logged and visible via the account’s AWS CloudTrail Amazon S3 bucket. Logs provide request information, under which CMK, and identify the AWS resource protected through the CMK use. Log events are visible to customers after turning on AWS CloudTrail in their account.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: AWS adopts a three-phased approach to manage incidents:; ; 1. Activation and Notification Phase; 2. Recovery Phase; 3. Reconstitution Phase; ; To ensure the effectiveness of the AWS Incident Management plan, AWS conducts incident response testing, providing excellent coverage for the discovery of defects and failure modes as well as testing the systems for potential customer impact.; ; The Incident Response Test Plan is executed annually, in conjunction with the Incident Response plan. It includes multiple scenarios, potential vectors of attack, the inclusion of the systems integrator in reporting and coordination and varying reporting/detection avenues.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Separation between users

• Virtualisation technology used to keep applications and users sharing the same infrastructure apart: Yes
• Who implements virtualisation: Supplier
• Virtualisation technologies used: Other
• Other virtualisation technology used: AWS proprietary
• How shared infrastructure is kept separate: Customer environments are logically segregated, preventing users and customers from accessing unassigned resources. Customers maintain full control over their data access. Services which provide virtualized operational environments to customers, ensure that customers are segregated and prevent cross-tenant privilege escalation and information disclosure via hypervisors and instance isolation.; ; Different instances running on the same physical machine are isolated from each other via the Xen hypervisor. The Amazon EC2 firewall resides within the hypervisor layer, between the physical network interface and the instance's virtual interface. All packets pass through this layer. The physical random-access memory (RAM) is separated using similar mechanisms.

Energy efficiency

• Energy-efficient datacentres: Yes
• Description of energy efficient datacentres: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/sustainability/

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Equal opportunity

  Fighting climate change

  Cybit are committed to minimising the impact our services have on the environment wherever possible. This is an ongoing commitment that is reviewed regularly as part of our operational management process

  Equal opportunity

  Cybit is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment to ensure that individuals are treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities. Cybit is also committed to creating a work environment free of harassment and bullying, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.; ; Our board of directors (the board) has overall responsibility for the effective operation of this policy and for ensuring compliance with discrimination law. Day-to-day operational responsibility for this policy, including regular review of this policy has been delegated to the HR Manager.

Pricing

• Price: £14 a megabyte a month
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Credits and free trials are available on request

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 chris.shields@cybit.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.