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Sonatype Repository Firewall – Software Supply Chain Security & Malware Protection

Sonatype Repository Firewall prevents software supply chain attacks by automatically blocking malicious open-source components, malware, and vulnerabilities at the network perimeter. Acting as a shield for your artifact repositories, it stops "next-gen" threats—including typosquatting, dependency confusion, and unknown "zero-day" malware—before they enter your SDLC. Powered by Sonatype Intelligence.

Features

• Real-time blocking of ransomware, crypto-miners, and malicious code injection
• Detects unknown "zero-day" threats and suspicious component behaviour
• Stops dependency confusion, typosquatting, and namespace attacks
• Auto-quarantines components violating security, license, or quality rules
• ompatible with Sonatype Nexus Repository and jFrog Artifactory
• Supports 40+ formats (Java, npm, PyPI, NuGet, Docker, etc.).
• Scans and blocks risky AI/ML models (e.g., Hugging Face)
• Analyses Docker images and layers for vulnerabilities pre-ingestion
• Provides developers with instant "safe version" recommendations
• Granular controls for security teams to audit and release exceptions

Benefits

• Protects upstream dependencies from state-sponsored and criminal attacks
• Blocks threats at the perimeter before they enter the SDLC
• Prevents "bad" components from ever entering the codebase
• Automates manual security reviews, removing bottlenecks for developers
• Aligns with NCSC guidelines and government secure-by-design standards
• Drastically reduces expensive remediation rework later in the SDLC
• Instant defense against rapidly evolving open-source threat vectors
• Frees up security teams by automating routine component approval
• Enhances security without requiring replacement of existing repository managers
• Provides a complete audit trail of all ingested third-party components

• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

948796064352166

Contact

Craig Anderson
02030053237
hello@frontierhq.com

About the service

• Service categories:
  • Application Development and Deployment
    • Application development
      • Development languages, environments and tools
        • Development languages, environments and tools
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: As a multi-tenant SaaS solution, core application code cannot be customised by the user. Customisation is fully supported via configuration (e.g., policy rules, waivers, user roles) and API integrations.; ; Requires persistent internet access to the Sonatype Cloud.; ; Optimised for the latest stable versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.
• System requirements:
  • Supported Repository Manager (Nexus Repository Pro or jFrog Artifactory)
  • Outbound HTTPS (port 443) access to Sonatype Cloud
  • Modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)
  • SAML or LDAP directory service for SSO

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Standard Support is 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Fri), customer local time.; ; Response time varies depending on severity.; ; Sev-1: 3 Hours; Sev-2: 5 Hours; Sev-3: 6 Hours; Sev-4: 8 Hours; ; See https://www.sonatype.com/usage/software-support-policy
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: Yes, at an extra cost
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• AI chatbot: Yes
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Web chat accessibility testing: None
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: Standard Support is included with every subscription.; ; Extended Support is a purchasable add-on that provides 24x7x365 support for Severity 1 Production Outages in addition to Standard Support.; ; Gold Support is a purchasable add-on that includes:; - Faster initial response times (all severity tickets); - Ticket Routing to Senior Support Staff; - Phone Support; - Chat Support
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Sonatype offers (at an additional cost) a range of Professional Services Workshops to aid with planning, best practice, initial setup and migration from other artifact manager installations.; ; Sonatype also offers self-paced learning courses at https://learn.sonatype.com.; ; Sonatype's public documentation is available at https://help.sonatype.com.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: HTML
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 A
• End-of-contract data extraction: As this is a real-time protection offering, there is little-to-no-data to extract. All data in Sonatype Repository Firewall is available via REST API.
• End-of-contract process: The service will cease upon the end of the contract. Extending the service to provide time to migrate or extract data will require a contract extension.

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: No
• Service interface: Yes
• Description of service interface: Sonatype Nexus Repository has an intuitive User Interface accessed via Web Browser.
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.2 A
• Accessibility testing: None
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Sonatype Nexus Repository includes a full REST API. Users can access this via the Web Interface - including full REST API documentation.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Sonatype designed our Cloud Platform in such as way as to mitigate any impact of one tenant or user has on another. Sonatype tests the system regularly for such scenarios and address any findings as a part of our SDLC.; ; Sonatype Solutions can also be deployed on-premise and in air-gapped networks. Please enquire if that is more appropriate.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Supplier type

• Supplier type: Reseller (no extras)
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Sonatype Inc.

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: None

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: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• 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
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• 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: Self-service via REST API.
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats: Json
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: N/A - there is no use case for data import

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)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Sonatype offers SLO's only.
• Approach to resilience: This is available upon request.
• Outage reporting: Public Dashboard at https://status.sonatype.com will include this information.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Access to management interfaces is based upon RBAC. Support contacts have to be nominated to be eligible to interface with Sonatype Support.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)

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: Between 1 month and 6 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: No audit information available
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Software Security Code of Practice: No
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Sonatype has a suite of policies relation to Information Security - available upon request once under NDA.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Sonatype has a defined Change Management Policy available upon request.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Sonatype has a defined Vulnerability Management and Monitoring Policy available upon request.
• Protective monitoring type: Undisclosed
• Protective monitoring approach: Available upon request.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No
• Incident management approach: Sonatype has an documented Security Incident Management Policy, available upon request.

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 v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: A guided proof of value can be provided with mutually agreed success criteria agreed ahead of the proof of value. Proofs of value are typically time-limited to 2 weeks.

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

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

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by: (SCC) Standards Council of Canada
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Monday 22 September 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: The ISO/IEC 27001 certification does not cover activities outside the defined ISMS scope, such as personal employee devices not used for business purposes and any third-party systems not managed or controlled by the organisation.
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: No
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 0600d746-59d7-4bba-b39b-ae8b58e4674b
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: None of the criteria
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  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

  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
  • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
  • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
  • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
  • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
• 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
  • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits 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
• 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
  • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
  • 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

  Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

  • 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
  • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition

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