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Becrypt Ltd

Becrypt Managed Desktop Services, including EUC and Desktop Deployment

Aimed at Public Sector departments or projects that are ‘cloud-based’ or infrastructure free, this service helps organisations deploy quickly, scale users and maintaining security thus gaining maximum value from the desktop estate.
Helping organisations align, and more importantly stay aligned, with the End User Device Guidance for Windows and macOS.

Features

  • Service consumption aligned to Cabinet Office End User Device Guidance
  • Integration with Office 365 mobile applications – Outlook, Teams etc
  • Software and Content distribution
  • Self-Service Management Portal
  • Full Hard disk encryption

Benefits

  • Lower costs – scale users and devices as needed
  • Self-service and zero touch methods
  • Standardised corporate desktop & office software

Pricing

£80.00 a device a month

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 5 1 2 1 7 1 6 9 5 8 8 9 2 2

Contact

Becrypt Ltd Stephen Simm
Telephone: +44 (0) 845 838 2050
Email: sales@becrypt.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
Service constraints
Provision and supply of the following Apple accounts:
Apple Business Manager (formerly Device Enrolment Program – DEP);
Volume Purchase Program (VPP) token;
Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) token.
For Windows – a new or existing subscription for Microsoft Azure and InTune
System requirements
  • Service can include business applications e.g. Office 365
  • Does not include any VPN licensing costs

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Respond within the working hour 09:00 hrs to 17:30 hrs weekdays.
Out of hours support available on request.
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
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Core support hours are Monday to Friday 0900 hrs to 1730 hrs
Incident response time for a 'Critical Priority 1' is 15 mins (telephone only)
Incident response time for a 'High Priority 2' is 1 hour
Incident response time for a' Medium Priority 3' is 2 hours
Incident response time for a 'Low priority 4' is 24 hours
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
To ensure effective customer engagement customers are assigned a Nominated Support Engineer (NSE). The NSE will work with the customer’s in-house team to understand the deployed environment and coordinate service adoption.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Business application data is not retained by service.
Service Management information may be exported from the service for retention by customer.
End-of-contract process
Service will run as normal until contract end date
Customer instances of service are removed, and obsolete management information deleted.
No additional costs incurred for service termination

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Other
Designed for use on mobile devices
No
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
Management dashboard to determine policies and access rights.
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
Service is accessibility from any web connected end point device
Accessibility testing
The service interface has been tested by HMG
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Policies allow customisation of desktop interfaces and applications installed

Scaling

Independence of resources
Hardware resources and network bandwidth auto-scale. Network bandwidth is also load-balanced between multiple nodes to provide traffic management.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Detailed metrics available on request
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
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)
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 SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
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
Not applicable
Data export formats
Other
Other data export formats
Not applicable
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
Not applicable

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
99.95% service availability
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Email alerts to end customers nominated points of contact

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
The Management platforms are logically and physically separate from the EUC management service. Dedicated Administrators have separate credentials with a configurable security policy for administering the system.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • 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
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
British Assessment Bureau
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
24/01/22
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • Cyber Essentials Plus
  • ISO27001

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 Plus
Information security policies and processes
ISO27001
NCSC Principles of Cloud Security.
Cyber Essentials Plus
Security Committee responsible for Board-level reporting.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
All configuration and change management processes are aligned to 27001.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Becrypt's vulnerability scanning policy documents the process and how vulnerabilities are proactively detected and remediated in a timely fashion.
Becrypt performs automated vulnerability scanning on a monthly basis.
Patch management occurs within one month for critical patches. Non critical patches are bundled as 3 monthly updates.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Becrypt actively monitor the service in line with the former NCSC Good Practice Guide
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Becrypt Incident Management Processes are aligned to ISO27001 as referenced in NCSC Cloud Security Principles.

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

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

Becrypt are an equal opportunities employer, which will be applicable for all recruitment including for contracts relating to G Cloud.

Pricing

Price
£80.00 a device a month
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 sales@becrypt.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.