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ABM Intelligence Limited

Altia Capture

Altia Capture eradicates individual and organisational reputational harm created by pocketbooks, diaries, journals, and decision-logs. Elevates e-notebooks and digital policing to a new level. Voice to text, field intelligence, evidence collection, desktop platform, global searching, API ready.

Features

  • Multi-lingual Notetaking; rich media, photos, files, video recordings and e-signatures
  • Encrypted Voice Recording with Automated Conversation Transcription.
  • Draw-to-Text and Scene Sketch for a complete picture.
  • Write your statement on the go; Upload to ACOS; Covert
  • Meta-Tagging, authenticity certificates, and integrity statements for court ready production.
  • Realtime information classification, protection, redaction, and disclosure, where required.
  • Your records, all your devices (iOS, Android, Browser, Windows, MacOS).
  • Live monitor Incidents and annotate decisions as they are made.
  • Full Discovery to ensure all your data becomes intelligence holdings.
  • RBAC, real-time threat monitoring and Independently Security Assessed (globally accepted).

Benefits

  • Eradicate risk of theft, loss, or destruction of mission-critical information
  • Enhance frontline intelligence capability, officer safety and decrease overall risk
  • Automates repeatable processes, reduces mistakes, and ensures consistency. Accuracy always.
  • Solve cases faster, in the field, not in the office.
  • Integrate with legacy systems to modernise service delivery immediately.
  • Ensure accountability, transparency, and cement public trust, protecting officer reputation.
  • One application interface, a reduction of operational forms and dependencies.
  • Reduce effort and cost responding to court or FOI requests.
  • Future-proof your agency as the platform moves with your ecosystem
  • Protect your reputation. Protect the public. Protect your information

Pricing

£80.00 to £450.00 a licence a year

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 3 5 4 2 1 5 9 0 4 4 6 3 2 4

Contact

ABM Intelligence Limited Paul Hardman
Telephone: 0330 808 8600
Email: tenders@altiaintel.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
The software is offered as a cloud solution and there are no constraints for customers.
System requirements
  • Web Browser or Native Windows / MacOS Desktop Application.
  • IOS or Android Based Operating Systems for Mobile Devices

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
An automated email is sent following the submission of a case where the user is provided with a unique case number. The case is then triaged and reviewed. Based on the priority of the call, follow-up communication will then take place between 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday. Cases raised during the weekend will be responded to on the Monday unless the service decides to take the optional out of hours support offering, in which case a response will be provided over the weekend.
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
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Web chat accessibility testing
None to date
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Urgent (Severity 1): Interruption making a critical functionality inaccessible or a complete network interruption causing a severe impact on services availability in a production environment. There is no possible alternative. This is what you will expect from Alta. First Response (FRT) Time: 30 Minutes. Resolve within 4 hours. Periodic Updates every 30 Minutes. Pausable Update: Not Applicable. High (Severity 2): Critical functionality or network access interrupted, degraded or unusable, having a severe impact on services availability. No acceptable alternative is possible. FRT Time: 60 Minutes. Resolve within two Business Days. Periodic Updates every 4-hours. Pausable Update: Not Applicable. Normal (Severity 3): Non-critical function or procedure, unusable or hard to use having an operational impact, but with no direct impact on services availability. A workaround is available. FRT Time: 90 Minutes Resolved within the Next Major Release Periodic Update: Not Applicable Pausable Update, potentially within two days. Low (Severity 4): Application or personal procedure unusable, where a workaround is available, or a repair is possible; considered “feedback”. FRT Time: One business day Resolved within consideration for Future release Periodic Update: Not Applicable Pausable Update: Not Applicable Full details as part of the contract
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
After a first (included) onboarding session of 'Super Users', Product User Guide and Videos are available to customers (updated after each release). In application support is available through tutorials, 'getting started' or 'topic specific' videos. Live chat is also avaiable within the application itself. Release Notes explaining changes, hot-fixes, patches, and functionality published for each product update. Training can be supplied on-site at our Nottingham office, on-site at customer location, or virtually over Microsoft Teams or a like service. Altia's support helpdesk is always willing to supply advice to end-users about specific issues they may have in using the product and technical advice can be provided by senior software engineers, or if needed Cloud Solution Architects for more serious Platform-as-a-Service or Infrastructure-as-a-Service matters.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Naturally we would work hard with our customer in the hope that they would not seek to leave. However it is understood that requirements change and Altia will agree an exit strategy at the beginning of the contract, to provide our customers with reassurance regarding how any exit, for any reason would be managed. The exit strategy will contain the steps and activities to be taken that will lead to the cessation of service delivery to the customer. This will ensure the safe delivery of customer data, aligned to any specific customer requirements. The exit strategy documents the transfer and / or deletion of any data, the format in which it will be available for return to the Customer. Altia has a standard output format and transfer method and will deliver the data in an agreed flat file format on an encrypted Hard Drive which is usually provided and collected by the customer.
End-of-contract process
Within 30 days or an agreed period following contract termination, Altia will provide any of the Customer's data held, in database dump format
together with associated documentary attachments to an agreed secure location. At this point the Customer's data is deleted from the cloud platform and all / any Altia group systems. As an alternative, if necessary, it may be possible to agree a "read only" access to the system data on payment of all 3rd party hosting costs and associated service management costs incurred by Altia in maintaining access to the "read only" system.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Windows Phone
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Native iOS and Android applications are available for both mobile phone and tablet devices. Mobile applications (for security reasons) do not store any user data and is simply a window into the application's database, protecting the sensitive agency information, but also reducing the risk of mobile devices being called as evidence in court proceedings. By default, mobile access is restricted its 'own-user's' information, read, and write permissions their own data only, rather than agency-wide to prevent inadvertent data leakage, loss, or compromise. This can however be configured to meet a specific agency need, if explicitly requested and authorised.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Description of service interface
Capture has a self-service administrative console for agencies to distribute Role Based Access Control, restrict/revoke access and/or access support material. Within the self-service administrative console, users can generate support tickets and/or engage with support personnel right from within the application - to ensure aid is always available, especially during mission critical moments. Self Service Log Analytics and Integrity reporting is also available through the Service Portal to ensure agencies have complete control of their integrity and ethical standards and benchmarks.
Accessibility standards
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Accessibility testing
Altia rely on the industry standard Zendesk in application chat facility which is globally accepted and widely used for support and general inquiries within Capture
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Capture offers an Open API of structured data for consumption by platforms, to compliment records management and analytics systems. Pair Capture with Microsoft, Modis Söze, and other Altia ACOS programs for rich field intelligence and evidence collocation, deep data analytics, secure case management and seamless user provisioning. Altia currently partners with Microsoft, Modis, Daltrey and integrates with their respective products to offer an ecosystem approach to solution delivery. More information can be found through those vendors. Other popular integrations include working relationships include Niche RMS and Fujitsu Technologies. Altia’s API is constructed to allow existing platforms and solutions to securely consume structured, meaningful, and authentic intelligence& evidence gathered in the field. All Capture Open API endpoints are created by Altia to ensure the integrity and security of the information and cannot be performed by the customer alone.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Capture allows for custom branding, forms, fields, and reporting outputs. This means that Capture can be used to replace the manual processes, workflows, forms, documents, and legacy reporting practices in effect today. Capture also offers discreet service delivery for operational units working within Covert Intelligence and Law Enforcement Functions. These features and functions are not publicised, and prospective customers are encouraged to speak with a product specialist for further information. All customisation is performed by Altia to ensure the integrity and security of the application and cannot be performed by the customer agency or end-user for this reason.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Capture relies on auto-scaling of resources and have undertaken significant soak, load, and performance testing by independent experts to ensure 99% availability across users at peak demand.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Altia report on Service Level Agreements on a weekly basis on availability and uptime. Also, administrators receive automated regular reports on irregularities within the system (including heightened privilege assignment) and more detailed performance, metrics, data volume and record totals can be made available on request to Altia.
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

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
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 CHECK service provider
Protecting data at rest
Other
Other data at rest protection approach
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest by Microsoft Azure using Azure App Service/s using military grade encryption
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
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
Capture allows end-users and agency representatives to prepare comprehensive disclosure packages including redacted and un-redacted document exports to ensure full disclosure, while protecting protected information or material not in the public interest for disclosure. Automatic redaction saves the expense involved in finding and retrieving documents, followed by hours of manual redaction
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
DOCX
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
  • Upload of information through the Capture mobile user interface
  • Upload of information through the Capture web user interface
  • Upload of information through the Capture Native Desktop user interface

Data-in-transit protection

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

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Altia will take commercially reasonable efforts to avoid Unavailable Time for Altia Services and aspire to 99.9% availability of Altia Services in each calendar year. This aspirational availability does not include Scheduled Maintenance, or any Unavailable Time caused by Customer Systems and Hardware or Third-Party Service Provider(s).
Approach to resilience
Altia rely on Microsoft Azure who say: "Resiliency is not about avoiding failures but responding to failures. The aim is to respond to failure in a way that avoids downtime and data loss. Business continuity and data protection are critical issues for today’s organisations, and business continuity is built on the foundation of resilient systems, applications, and data. Reliability and resiliency are closely related. Reliability is defined as dependability and performing consistently well. Resiliency is defined as the ability to recover quickly. Together, these two qualities are key to a trustworthy cloud service. Despite best efforts, disasters happen; they are inevitable but mostly unpredictable, and vary in type and magnitude. There is almost never a single root cause of a major issue. Instead, there are several contributing factors, which is the reason an issue is able to circumvent various layers of mitigations/defences. There is no way to always prevent bad things from happening. All we can do is add layers and minimise gaps."
Outage reporting
All pre-planned outages will be reported and identified as planned maintenance, emergency maintenance, or platform issues. In addition, Altia proactively contact customers if unforeseen outrages occur through automatically generated emails, SMS and/or phone call messages.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Customers have the option to raise a support request via telephone, email or our support portal. We will always authenticate the identity of the user by validating the information within our customer portal.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Limited access network (for example PSN)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
Description of management access authentication
Users must first be authenticated on the Altia network (by direct connection or by VPN connection to the network). Access to the cloud platform then requires a further logon username and password to access the management portal or VM.

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
Lloyds Register
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
23/12/2005
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
14.2.7 Outsourced development
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Other
Other security governance standards
Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials Plus
InfoSec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP)Assessment certification to PROTECTED FED Ramp assertation and UKO Assertation.
Information security policies and processes
Altia has a number of inter-connected governance frameworks in place which control both how the Company operates and the manner in which it delivers its services to its customers. Altia is registered to ISO27001 by LRQA, a UKAS accredited audit body, and best practice is circulated and adopted across the group. The Company is governed by an integrated suite of information security policies. Under the top level Information Security Policy itself are second-level documents with specific focus on Acceptable Use, Asset Management, Business Continuity Management, Data Protection, Password Management, and many others.

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
Altia has documented configuration and change management policies and processes, which have been implemented, maintained and assessed in accordance with the guidance from ourISO27001 standard and which is programmatically enforced by industry standard tools including Azure DevOps. Formal configuration management activities, including record management and asset reporting, are monitored and validated constantly, and any identified discrepancies promptly escalated for investigation. All changes will be subject to the Altia processes covering technical testing, quality assurance and user testing including review for potential security related threats prior to release.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
Altia has a documented vulnerability management policy and process, which have been implemented, maintained and assessed in accordance with the guidance from our current ISO27001 standards. Where technically possible, real-time updates and status reports are identified and sourced from credible vendor sources.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
Altia follows best practices for its coding, application servers and databases. The Cloud Service Provider follows the best practice from the National Cyber Security Centre, The Cloud Service Provider protects it's platforms with 24x7 enhanced protective monitoring services, vulnerability scanning and assessment. Their approach to protective monitoring at minimum meets the Protective Monitoring Controls outlined in NCSC document GPG13. It includes checks against systems events (SIEM) and network traffic analysis, including time sources, cross-boundary traffic, suspicious activities at a boundary, network connections and status of backups. Any alerts generated are logged and investigated 24x7.
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
Altia has a documented incident management policy and process, which have been implemented, maintained and assessed in accordance with the guidance from the current ISO27001 standard. This activity is responsible for the progression of issues identified by Altia personnel, and incidents identified and reported to Altia by its customers and partners. All incidents are promptly reported into a central ticketing system, which ensures that each is promptly assigned to an appropriate resource, and its progress tracked (and escalated, as required) to resolution.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Equal opportunity

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change Altia are committed to keeping our carbon footprint to a minimum and have pledged to be carbon neutral by 2035. To monitor this Altia have partnered with Positive Planet to measure our carbon footprint. We were awarded Positive Planet Carbon Neutral Certification stating that our net emissions tCO2e were -77.00.

Company practices support remote/hybrid working across the Group, therefore reducing the amount of carbon emissions expelled on the work commute. To promote commuting using public transport our office locations are chosen ensuring that they have easy access to public transport systems. Employee travel is monitored, and carbon emissions are off-set where possible.

To reduce the amount of travel Altia encourage the use of online platforms for team and customer meetings. This platform is also used to deliver customer training, where appropriate.

Altia’s company car scheme promotes that current vehicles should be replaced with Electric Vehicles when they are due to be changed.

All Altia staff are provided with the opportunity to register with ‘On Hand’ which is an app which records all corporate volunteering and sustainability actions. Staff are encouraged to complete pledges within the app which will assist, not only with environmental and sustainability issues, but with activities which will benefit the person. Examples of pledges which can be made include, but are not limited to the following:
• Using reusable shopping bags – Use a reusable bag once-a-week for a month
• Cool Clothes – Wash clothes at 30 degrees
• Make a Clothing Donation

This app also allows corporate events to be uploaded so that staff are aware and can participate.

Altia will identify and manage ESG risks that could impact the business. ESG considerations will be integrated into the risk management framework to ensure that we are prepared for potential risks and opportunities.

Equal opportunity

Altia, when recruiting for roles advertises both internally and externally, encouraging personal development and promotion from within the company. We also work with external recruitment agencies and in these cases ask for applications using anonymised CVs, where possible we request that their advertising will include a gender bias decoder.

Altia’s growth plans will enable further recruitment of graduates from local universities as well as opportunities for work experience candidates from all backgrounds.

All employees at Altia are offered the opportunity to participate within volunteering opportunities within their local community, charitable causes, work experience placements, coaching & mentoring, and offering ideas for further continued initiatives.

To ensure that Altia are meeting the company’s requirements on recruitment monthly stats are reported into the Board.

Pricing

Price
£80.00 to £450.00 a licence a year
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Service documents

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 tenders@altiaintel.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.