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SOMERFORD ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Imprivata Mobile Access (formerly MDA & Ground Control)

Imprivata Mobile Access enables secure real time access to shared, iOS, Android devices and applications, simplified inventory management, device fleet management and loss prevention.

Features

  • Single sign-on and password management for iOS and Andriod
  • Secure, fast user switching for shared devices
  • Privacy for shared devices
  • Asset tracking and status
  • Vast application support
  • Automated workflows
  • Automated device enrolment

Benefits

  • Enables corporate owned devices to be personalised and securely shared
  • Reduces login times, all while protecting data
  • Seamless access to desktops, clinical applications, and patient data
  • Integrated and deployed with leading EHR and MDM tools
  • Eliminates the need for passwords
  • Reduce spend on replacing lost devices
  • Reduce need to maintain a pool of spare devices
  • Fast and simple device set up and configuration

Pricing

  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

8 5 9 0 4 6 2 5 1 0 2 5 5 5 5

Contact

SOMERFORD ASSOCIATES LIMITED Penny Harrison
Telephone: 07897075103
Email: info@somerfordassociates.com

About your service

Service categories

Systems Infrastructure Software

Security

  • Endpoint security
Multi cloud support
Yes

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
Imprivata Enterprise Access Management - EAM (formally OneSign Single Sign On and confirm ID)
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
N/a
System requirements
  • Headless desktop mini-PC.
  • Remote Desktop
  • MacOs, Windows 10/11 version within past 2 years
  • 4GB+ RAM / 20GB+ SSD drive
  • Imprivata Enterprise Access Management appliance

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm excl bank holidays customers receive an initial response within one business hour
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
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
We provide support from priority 1 to priority 4 cases on any existing configuration or part of the platform that is in total or partial failure as well as not working as expected. We also provide configuration guidance and recommendations for use cases. Each customer receives their own Account Manager who works closely with Support and ensures that cases can be followed up. Somerfords Support desk is available as a value added service in addition to the maintenance and support purchased alongside the license.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Comprehensive SoW for each deployment is provided which includes a project readiness service, configuration and validation services and BAU testing.
Online Learning Management System is provided with self paced and instructor led training materials.
Full user documentation is provided.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
A grace period is in place at end of contract to allow time for contract renewal however if licenses not renewed, application will cease operation after a given time (30 days). Seller proactively contacts buyers in advance of contract end to discuss options.
End-of-contract process
A grace period is in place at end of contract to allow time for contract renewal however if licenses not renewed, application will cease operation after a given time (30 days). Seller proactively contacts buyers in advance of contract end to discuss options.
Documentation accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the documentation is accessible
PDF materials are provided over email , online portal is also available where users can access material relevant to their service solution

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Windows
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Deliver the same (or very similar) end user experience.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
Imprivata provides an administrator console to manage the launchpad and configuration including synchronisation with EAM, management of devices and workflows at a granular level.
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
Accessed via a browser using HTTPS, MFA optional for admin access.
Accessibility testing
None.
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
https://www.groundctl.com/tag/api
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
UI customisations are available and managed through the administer console, only admins have permissions to customise endpoint UI features.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Imprivata Mobile Access is a hybrid system with a cloud-based SaaS management console.

Customers usually choose our multi-tenant cloud, but some opt for a dedicated cloud system. A dedicated cloud is physically isolated from other customers, while still managed by Imprivata.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
The following actions are logged on the Audit Log:Workflows

Created workflow
Modified workflow
Deleted workflow
Cloned workflow
Launchpads

Registered Launchpad
Upgraded Launchpad
Deleted Launchpad
Changed Launchpad’s custom field from A to B
Failed Login
Devices

Added Device
Deleted Device
Retired Device
Change Device’s attribute from A to B
Automation

Created rule
Modified rule
Deleted rule
Enabled rule
Disabled rule
Admin

Added, Modified, Deleted MDM
Added, Modified, Deleted attribute
Invited user, with role
Changed role of user
Deleted user
Users

Accepted invitation
Logged in
Logged out
Changed password
Failed login
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
Resource tagging
No
FOCUS resource tagging
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra features and support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Imprivata

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Managed by a third party
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Other
Other data at rest protection approach
Buyers hosts appliance so is responsible for appropriate protection of data to local standards.
Data sanitisation process
No
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Customer owned and managed solution
Data export formats
Other
Other data export formats
N/A
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
LDAP connector to import AD detail

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
Other
Other protection between networks
GroundControl uses HTTPS (port 443) for all communication between the Launchpad and the Cloud Administrator Console. After initial registration, the Launchpad switches to Secure WebSockets (also port 443) for asynchronous bi-directional messaging.
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Configured and set up by buyer
Approach to resilience
Two or more appliances are configured to create an Imprivata enterprise. Appliances in an enterprise replicate in real time to form an active cluster. An enterprise may be further subdivided into a collection of Imprivata sites, which allows for the optimization of traffic patterns between Imprivata-enabled workstations and appliances in large networks. If one appliance in an enterprise fails, the remaining appliances handle all user authentication requests. Users do not experience downtime if the enterprise maintains enough active appliances to handle authentication requests from all users.
Outage reporting
Service operated locally by buyer. Admin console provides email alerts configurable by buyer.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Defined by buyer.
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 receive audit information on a regular basis
How long user audit data is stored for
User-defined
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
User-defined
How long system logs are stored for
User-defined

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
Other
Other security governance standards
CyberEssentials Plus
Information security policies and processes
NHS Data Security Protection Toolkit,
HIPAA,
NIST,
SOC 2 Type II,
CSA STAR Level
Software Security Code of Practice
Yes

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
As per buyer change management controls
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
As per buyer policy
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
As per buyer policy
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
As per buyer policy
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
Yes
Description of free trial
Non production trial available upon request

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

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

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
SGS
ISO 9001 accreditation date
Tuesday 15 March 2022
What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
As our staff are a fully remote workforce the company physical office location is not covered. Clause 7.1.5 (calibration) is not in the scope. ISO 9001 does not cover financial processes.
Quality management systems (QMS)
Yes
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
F416f438-c625-443c-8b8d-a1b8f3b804e3
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
8d0e7cb8-30a3-4374-b713-d15f8d7f0c7d
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
IASME Cyber Assurance Level 1 Certificate

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
    • 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
    • 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 educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • 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
  • 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.

    • 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

    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
  • 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
    • 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
  • 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

    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
    • 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.

    • Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach 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

Service documents

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