Responsiv Solutions Ltd

Responsiv Solutions IBM MQ on Cloud

IBM MQ on Cloud provides a messaging transport and delivery service for applications. It is the gold standard for enterprise messaging, providing security-rich and reliable messaging across multiple clouds. You connect applications to it, and then easily send and receive messages in real time. Messaging paradigms include point-to-point and publish-subscribe.

Features

Message delivery with security-rich features that produce auditable results
Assured once and once-only message delivery
QoS to ensure messages will withstand application and system outages
End-to-end message encryption and signing
Highly available and scalable architectures to support an application’s needs.
Application to application real-time messaging
Asynchronous message processing and transfer
Point-to-point and publish-subscribe paradigms
File Transfer
Very wide range of APIs and language

Benefits

You can secure message delivery between queue managers with TLS
Application programmers do not need to have communications programming knowledge
Advanced Message Security (AMS), to encrypt and sign messages
Message delivery is assured and decoupled from the application
Messaging and queuing allow multiple modes of operation, point-to-point, publish/subscribe
Application has choice of programming interfaces, and programming languages
Optimise business processes through asynchronous processing
Ensure transactional processing across multiple applications
Transfer data in real-time between applications running anywhere
Provision the service within minutes

£507.00 a unit a month

Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

Contact

Responsiv Solutions Ltd Mike Axial
Telephone: +44 (0)1344 266 980
Email: sales@responsiv.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension: No
Cloud deployment model: Public cloud

Private cloud

Hybrid cloud
Service constraints: No Constraints
System requirements: https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html

User support

Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
Support response times: Response time depends upon request severity. Severity 1 has an objective of under 2 hour response time, 24 x 7, whilst a Severity 4 has an objective within 1 business day (Monday-Friday business hours)
User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Phone support: Yes
Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support: Web chat
Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Web chat accessibility testing: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview/accessibility?topic=overview-accessibility-platform
Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
Support levels: Included within the price
Severity 1 - Critical impact/service down:
Business critical functionality is inoperable or critical interface has failed. Condition requires an immediate solution.
Response: Within 1 hour, 24x7

Severity 2 - Significant impact:
A service feature or function is severely restricted in its use or Client is in jeopardy of missing business deadlines.
Response: Within 2 business hours, Monday to Friday business hours

Severity 3 - Minor impact:
Indicates the service or functionality is usable .
Response: Within 4 business hours, Monday to Friday business hours

Severity 4 - Minimal impact:
An inquiry or non-technical request.
Response: Within 1 business day, Monday to Friday business hours

On-site support provided as a Time & Materials basis and will be scoped and agreed before attending site
Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started: Pre-sales engagement can be held with you before purchase, to help you understand the product and map out use cases. This is useful for product demonstrations and technical exploration. IBM have a number of Proofs of Technology and Proofs of Concept available, to help you explore.
After purchase, as part of the support contract, IBM provides a wealth of FAQ and how-to articles at no extra charge. IBM also provides web chat and forums, thus enabling your users to engage with technical support at no extra charge.

Onsite and online training can be provide as required (charges apply).
Extensive user documentation exists on the IBM site
https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/learn-mq/
Service documentation: Yes
Documentation formats: HTML

PDF
End-of-contract data extraction: Typically, as a messaging transport service, all user data is transient and no user data is stored within the IBM service. This means that typically there is no need for users to extract their data when the contract ends.

Having said that: at any time, users can extract all message data if there is any (take them off queues) and users can extract and export the configuration of all the Queue Managers and all the artefacts inside them
End-of-contract process: At the end of the contract, your Queue Managers, all their artefacts and any remaining message data will be securely and permanently deleted. This is provided as part of the service, at no extra charge.

Using the service

Web browser interface: Yes
Supported browsers: Microsoft Edge

Firefox

Chrome

Safari
Application to install: No
Designed for use on mobile devices: No
Service interface: Yes
User support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Description of service interface: The service interface for administration allows you to create and manage Queue Managers, to create and manage artefacts within Queue Managers, and to manage application and user access. This can be done using web browser (IBM Web Console), installed client (MQ Explorer), programmatically (REST API) or Command Line (runmqsc).

The service interface for runtime access allows an application to put and get messages to and from queues, and to publish and subscribe to topics. This can be done using MQ Client protocol and REST APIs.
Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Accessibility testing: https://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/request?requestId=91fb19afa7266d1b651bbeb4817e67f2
API: Yes
What users can and can't do using the API: The management REST API interface does not allow you to set up the service, manage the service itself, manage users or create Queue Managers.

However you can use the management REST API interface to create and manage artefacts within all Queue Managers. For more details, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.2?topic=administering-administration-using-rest-api
https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/mq-develop-mq-rest-api/
API documentation: Yes
API documentation formats: Open API (also known as Swagger)

HTML
API sandbox or test environment: Yes
Customisation available: No

Scaling

Independence of resources: The architecture of IBM cloud services maintains logical separation of client data. Internal rules and measures separate data processing, such as inserting, modifying, deleting, and transferring data, according to the contracted purposes.

Analytics

Service usage metrics: Yes
Metrics types: All of the following are available as part of the Web Console administration provided by the service.

System metrics, including CPU usage, disk usage, bytes of message stored.
Queue Manager metrics, including number of accesses to queues, PUTs and GETs to queues, rates of message transmission.

In addition, for experienced IBM MQ users, standard analysis tools can be used to access data and analyse metrics
Reporting types: API access

Real-time dashboards

Resellers

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

Staff security

Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
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: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a Tigerscheme qualified provider or a CREST-approved service provider
Protecting data at rest: Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0

Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402

Physical access control, complying with another standard

Encryption of all physical media

Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
Data sanitisation process: Yes
Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach: Typically, as a messaging transport service, all user data is transient and no user data is stored within the IBM service. This means that typically there is no need for users to export any data. Having said that: at any time, users can extract all message data if there is any (take them off queues) and users can extract and export the configuration of all the Queue Managers and all the artefacts inside them. They do this using standard MQ techniques to GET messages, and standard MQ techniques to dump configurations.
Data export formats: CSV

ODF

Other
Other data export formats: Message data : the same format as held on queues

Configuration data: MQ format, allowing for re-creation later
Data import formats: CSV

ODF

Other
Other data import formats: Messages on queues can be in any format

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Other
Other protection between networks: IBM will encrypt content not intended for public or unauthenticated viewing when transferring content over public networks. Further, unless excluded by a TD, IBM will enable use of a cryptographic protocol, such as HTTPS, SFTP, and FTPS, for Client’s secure transfer of content to and from the Cloud Service over public networks.
Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability: Availability during a contracted month = Compensation
(% of monthly subscription fee for contracted month that is the subject of a claim)
<99.9% = 2%
<99.0% =5%
<95.00% = 10.0%
IBM will make a rebate directly available to Client. Further details at
https://www.ibm.com/software/support/saas_support_overview.html
Approach to resilience: Available on request
Outage reporting: Email alerts are provided. Notifications of current overall status and of planned maintenance are posted on the main dashboard. More detailed dashboards are provided to provide details of all current status.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed: Yes
User authentication: Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)

Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: IBM maintains individual role-based authorization of privileged accounts that is subject to regular validation. A privileged account is a duly authorized IBM user identity with administrative access to a Cloud Service, including associated infrastructure, networks, systems, applications, databases and file systems.
Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
Management access authentication: Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)

Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information: Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long user audit data is stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months
Access to supplier activity audit information: Users contact the support team to get 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

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 29 November 2021
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/compliance
ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
CSA STAR certification: Yes
CSA STAR accreditation date: 02/01/2020
CSA STAR certification level: Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover: The IBM CSA Star Self-Assessment can be viewed https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/registry/ibm-cloud/services/ibm-cloud-services/
PCI certification: No
Cyber essentials: No
Cyber essentials plus: No
Other security certifications: Yes
Any other security certifications: https://www.ibm.com/uk-en/cloud/compliance/global

https://www.ibm.com/trust

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: IBM has an Information Technology (IT) Security policy that establishes the requirements for the protection of IBM's worldwide IT systems and the information assets they contain, including networks and computing devices such as servers, workstations, host computers, application programs, web services, and telephone systems within the IBM infrastructure. IBM’s IT Security policy is supplemented by standards and guidelines, such as the Security Standards for IBM's Infrastructure, the Security and Use Standards for IBM Employees and the Security Guidelines for Outsourced Business Services. Such are reviewed by a cross-company team led by the IT Risk organization every six months. IBM has a dedicated Vice President of IT Security who leads a team responsible for IBM's own enterprise data security standards and practices. Responsibility and accountability for executing internal security programs is established through formal documented policies. IBM Services teams also have dedicated executives and teams who are responsible for information and physical security in the delivery of our client services.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach: IBM maintains policies and procedures to manage risks associated with the application of changes to its Cloud Services. Prior to implementation, all changes to a Cloud Service, including its systems, networks and underlying components, will be documented in a registered change request that includes a description and reason for the change, implementation details and schedule, a risk statement addressing impact to the Cloud Service and its clients, expected outcome, rollback plan, and documented approval by IBM management or its authorized delegate.
Vulnerability management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach: With each Cloud Service, as applicable and commercially reasonable, IBM will a) perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments before production release and routinely thereafter, b) enlist a qualified and reputable independent third-party to perform penetration testing and ethical hacking at least annually, c) perform automated management and routine verification of underlying components’ compliance with security configuration requirements, and d) remediate any identified vulnerability or noncompliance with its security configuration requirements based on associated risk, exploitability, and impact. IBM takes reasonable care to avoid Cloud Service disruption when performing its tests, assessments, scans, and execution of remediation activities.
Protective monitoring type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach: IBM maintains and follows policies requiring administrative access and activity in its Cloud Services’ computing environments to be logged and monitored, and the logs to be archived and retained in compliance with IBM’s worldwide records management plan. IBM monitors privileged account use and maintain security information and event management policies and measures designed to a) identify unauthorized administrative access and activity, b) facilitate a timely and appropriate response, and c) enable internal and independent third party audits of compliance with such policies. IBM systematically monitors the health and availability of production Cloud Service systems and infrastructure at all times.
Incident management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Incident management approach: IBM: -maintains and follows incident response policies aligned with NIST guidelines for computer security incident handling, and will comply with data breach notification requirements under applicable law. -investigates security incidents, including unauthorised access or use of content or the Cloud Service, of which IBM becomes aware, and, if warranted, define and execute an appropriate response plan. -promptly notifies Client upon determining that a security incident known or reasonably suspected by IBM to affect Client has occurred. -provides Client with reasonably requested information about such security incident and status of applicable remediation and restoration activities performed or directed by IBM.

Secure development

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

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

Price: £507.00 a unit a month
Discount for educational organisations: No
Free trial available: Yes
Description of free trial: Full features
Link to free trial: https://cloud.ibm.com/registration?cm_mmca1=000032EK&S_PKG=ov64640&target=/catalog/services/mq

Service documents

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Responsiv Solutions IBM MQ on Cloud

Features

Benefits

Pricing

Service documents

Framework

Service ID

Contact

Service scope

User support

Onboarding and offboarding

Using the service

Scaling

Analytics

Resellers

Staff security

Asset protection

Data importing and exporting

Data-in-transit protection

Availability and resilience

Identity and authentication

Audit information for users

Standards and certifications

Security governance

Operational security

Secure development

Public sector networks

Social Value

Pricing

Service documents