GRADIAN SYSTEMS LTD

Broadcom/Symantec Web Protection Suite

Symantec WPS gives organisations an advanced cloud-delivered Secure Web Gateway and leading on-premise SWG deployment—both of which can operate seamlessly together with a unified management, reporting, and policy control interface. It also includes Threat Intelligence, SSL Inspection, Content Analysis, Isolation, Sandboxing, WAF, and more.

Features

• Multi-layered dual anti-virus and heuristic analysis combines to block malware
• Advanced sandboxing capabilities protects against targeted attacks
• Hybrid model or 'Full Cloud' service deployment options available
• Flexible integration across multiple authentication mechanisms
• Classify URLs in 84 categories
• Migrate your existing on-premise (ProxySG) policies into the Cloud seamlessly
• Integrate your existing Symantec DLP, CASB, SES technologies
• Administrative interface supported either on-premise or via online portal
• Includes security options and integrations at no additional cost
• Strong foundation for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) framework

Benefits

• Protect users against malware by leveraging advanced multi-layered detection techniques
• Set granular access policies and log user internet usage
• Extend security controls and protect your mobile work force
• Flexible traffic forwarding options fits multiple topology requirements
• Gartner MQ 'leader' demonstrating excellent quality of service
• Independently certified to SSAE16 and ISO 27001
• Shared threat intelligence via Symantec's Global Intelligence Network
• Typically lower cost than the competition
• Detailed logging and reporting capabilities for monitoring user activity
• Use existing SIEM by leveraging our API to download logs

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

791543890990993

Contact

Stuart Case
07770 377936
stuart.case@gradian.co.uk

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Content workflow and management

  • EDiscovery and forensics
• Multi cloud support: No

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: CASB - Cloud Access Security Broker DLP - Data Loss Prevention SES - Symantec Endpoint Security
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: Connectivity to the service include multiple options: - Transparent IPSEC tunnels - Explicit IPSEC tunnels (explicit over IPSEC) - Explicit proxy (direct browser settings) - Proxy Forwarding (Hybrid deployment) - Unified Agent app for mobile device - SEP proxy setting enforcement (Symantec Endpoint customers can use a 'single agent' for both local malware protection and traffic forwarding to the WSS service). Authentication integration with AD include: - SAML (ADFS, Ping, OKTA..etc) - Azure AD - Captive portal - HTTP Header injection - IP-to-User mapping
• System requirements:
  • Authentication requires Microsoft AD, Azure AD or SAML 2.0 IDP
  • Traffic forwarding with either IPSEC, Proxy, Browser Settings or Software

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Please see Gradian's Support Guide attached.
• 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: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: This option is available directly on our support pages ( once logged in).
• Web chat accessibility testing: None.
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Please see Gradian's Support Guide attached.
• Support available to third parties: No
• AI chatbot: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Gradian possess the skills and support to configure, deploy, support and run this service on your behalf. These services can be found under Gradian's Professional Service and Gradian's Managed Configuration Service. Alternatve support options can be found under Gradian's Technical Account Service Plan (T.A.S.P) and Gradian Support for Symantec Products.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: No data is held
• End-of-contract process: See description
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Via Support

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Other
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: We integrate with MDM providers and provide our own agent to connect mobile users to our service
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The CloudSOC API describes the various events that are recorded by CloudSOC applications It supports Basic Authentication using API Keys, which inherit the access privileges of the CloudSOC user who configured them. You can use this feature to limit API keys to specific domains, SaaS services, and CloudSOC apps by creating a CloudSOC admin user specifically to enable the API key, and assigning it an access profile that limits its access. See the CloudSOC Tech Note Using CloudSOC Access Profiles for more information.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Risk rating - an out of the box risk rating is provided for tens of thousands of cloud applications, each with more than 100 risk metrics. The risk metrics are fully modifiable by clients Policy - the service is designed to apply security policies across multiple cloud applications such as (but not limited to) Office365, Box, Salesforce, AWS and Azure the policies are fully customisable User response templates - the service is active in that it can enforce information assurance policies against user actions, the response to users is fully customisable DLP definitions - the service contains a fully functional DLP data loss prevention service this can be modified by the client to reflect their own definitions of sensitive data 3rd party integrations - the service integrates with a wide variety of IdAM and SIEM products.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: 99.999% availability for inline services (Gatelets) 99.5% availability for non-inline services (Securelets) As detailed in https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/eulas/service-description/cloudsoc-8-2017-service-description-en.pdf

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Broadcom

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: No
• 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: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CREST-approved service provider
• Protecting data at rest: Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
• Data sanitisation process: No
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Excel format exporting of data is available along with the API.
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats:
  • Log files can be uploaded via SFTP
  • Tokenised user identities can be uploaded via SAML
  • API integration is available for most cloud apps

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: 99.999% availability for inline services (Gatelets) 99.5% availability for non-inline services (Securelets) As detailed in https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/eulas/service-description/cloudsoc-8-2017-service-description-en.pdf
• Approach to resilience: Available on request.
• Outage reporting: Via the public dashboard at https://cloudsoc.status.symantec.com/

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: The service provides full roles based access control.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password

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: Between 1 month and 6 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: CSA CSM version 4.0
• Information security policies and processes: Soc2 Type II
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: CISO is responsible for board level governance, policies and procedures flow down from that office. Security is at the core of our corporate culture as you would expect from the worlds largest information security company
• Vulnerability management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Available on demand (not public knowledge)
• Protective monitoring type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: Available on demand (not public knowledge)
• Incident management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v4.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: Available on demand (not public knowledge)
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

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

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 2%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 4%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 6%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 8%
• Over £5,000,001: 10%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: No
• 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: Bff75006-e36d-467b-b02d-0273cfd02c0d
• 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 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 that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • 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
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
    • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered

  • 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
    • 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

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 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
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce

  • 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

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 stuart.case@gradian.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.