Phoenix Software Ltd

Proofpoint Cloud Application Security Visibility and Control (CASB)

Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker (PCASB). Our product is developed using continuous integration/continuous deployment methodology. We provide a single product SKU for CASB, with functionality leveraged from related Proofpoint solutions such as Threat Attack Protection (TAP), Browser Isolation, and our mesh VPN solution based on our Meta networks acquisition.

Features

• Compromise account detection and deep dive analysis
• Rules enabling a customer to automate mitigation and remediation
• Rules for proactive account access, known networks, behaviours etc
• 360Degree cloud account data visibility, sharing, malicious file detection
• Cloud account data-control in respect of sharing malicious content
• DLP enabling asset data detector/classification visibility into violation detection
• Automation to DLP violation enabling suspend/quarantine/remove-with user notification.
• 360degree application visibility, threat team audit , permissions/scopes, users
• 3rd party application control
• ShadowIT visibility and control

Benefits

• Unique integration with the #1 threat vector
• Unique account compromise remediation (O365/Gsuite) – automated with TRAP!
• Unique 3rd party application management–detection through to remediation
• Advanced adaptive access & cloud management (API/Adaptive Access Control)
• Agentless, non-obtrusive architecture (Email + SaaS API & AAC)
• Best-in-class ‘Data Loss Prevention’ integrated directly with Email
• Threat intelligence correlated across millions of Proofpoint Email touchpoints
• SoftwareDefined & IsolationNetwork capabilities extend control & defence beyond

£15.52 a licence

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

958694880357853

Contact

Jonny Scott
01904 562200
ccs@phoenixs.co.uk

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model: Community cloud
• Service constraints: See Service Level Agreement
• System requirements:
  • None in API mode,
  • In PROXY(SAML) mode requires SAML compliant application
  • Supports industry leading IDAM providers.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: "24x7x365, service response is immediate with ticket reference. Answers to questions might vary depending on the question/s however this is measured and managed under specific service response guidelines and audited yearly by both industry and customers.; Proofpoint's support program is available here: https://www.proofpoint.com/license"
• 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: 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: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: Support Portal
• Web chat accessibility testing: N/A
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: See support documentation published: https://www.proofpoint.com/license
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: End to end configuration provided as part of the service
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: No customer data is stored by Proofpoint CASB. Configuration and user enablement data can be off-loaded / deleted by request at the end of the customer agreement.
• End-of-contract process: Customer service ends, API links and/or SAML Proxy gateway is cancelled and open. Customer configuration data is deleted or stored for a year pending customer requirements.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: N/A
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Full functionality via API
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Via rule sets, dictionaries/detectors/smart ID's, network configuration, VAP/VIP/user/group/location/user agent/IP reputation, alerting & notifications, and more

Scaling

• Independence of resources: All Proofpoint SaaS systems are actively monitored with local agents collecting hundreds of metrics specific to hardware, networking, and OS. All metrics are measured against a baseline compiled from historical data. Acceptable thresholds are defined based on a combination of optimal performance targets and historical baselines.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: File/Folder events, Login events, Root level activity (GSuite), Site events /Sharepoint, Application events
• Reporting types:
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller (no extras)
• Organisation whose services are being resold: ProofPoint

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: Supplier-defined controls
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: AES256; Access to the Proofpoint production environment, where services are hosted, is granted based on role and occurs via a 2FA encrypted VPN.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type:
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: No user/customer file data is stored by Proofpoint CASB
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats: N/A
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: N/A

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: Proofpoint has documented information security program consisting of policies, procedures and standards that aligns with the requirements of NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001. The program is owned by the Proofpoint Global Information Security group, and includes a continuous monitoring program consisting of monthly and quarterly evidence collection and review, and an annual SOC 2 Type II audit of the program.
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Our SLA response times for open trouble tickets are based on our support services program document, which is located here: https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/pfpt-en-support-services-program-171212.pdf
• Approach to resilience: The Proofpoint CASB ("PCASB") system is a cloud-native distributed platform. All data infrastructure components and runtime services are distributed and replicated across multiple fault domains, with automatic failover in case of outage. Data infrastructure components have replication and automatic failover built in, which means partial outages are remediated automatically. Runtime services are fronted by AWS ELB and auto-scaling groups, which automatically spins up new instances in case of instance failures. In case of total disaster, all data is backed up or archived to AWS S3 (encrypted, zero-trust access by default) and can be restored in another datacenter. All the underlying data stores used by PCASB are distributed, support native replication, and have automatic failover. All runtime services are deployed with multiple instances and self-healing/scaling capabilities. Web endpoints are exposed though Amazon’s ELB service, which provides HA guarantees. Internally, PCASB relies on an asynchronous message passing architecture, which limits the effects of local runtime failures and provides resiliency and continuity.
• Outage reporting: The Proofpoint CASB ("PCASB") system is a cloud-native distributed platform. All data infrastructure components and runtime services are distributed and replicated across multiple fault domains, with automatic failover in case of outage. Data infrastructure components have replication and automatic failover built in, which means partial outages are remediated automatically. Runtime services are fronted by AWS ELB and auto-scaling groups, which automatically spins up new instances in case of instance failures. In case of total disaster, all data is backed up or archived to AWS S3 (encrypted, zero-trust access by default) and can be restored in another datacenter. All the underlying data stores used by PCASB are distributed, support native replication, and have automatic failover. All runtime services are deployed with multiple instances and self-healing/scaling capabilities. Web endpoints are exposed though Amazon’s ELB service, which provides HA guarantees. Internally, PCASB relies on an asynchronous message passing architecture, which limits the effects of local runtime failures and provides resiliency and continuity.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: All access to the Proofpoint production environment, where services are hosted, is via a 2FA encrypted VPN and granted based on role.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Description of management access authentication: All access to the Proofpoint production environment, where services are hosted, is via a 2FA encrypted VPN and granted based on role.

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: 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

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: BSI
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 21/01/2022
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: The Information Security Management System (ISMS) applies to our services which include software licensing, hardware, software asset management and IT consultancy. The sectors serviced are public sector, charities and housing associations, education and corporate. Sales and services and delivered by the employees, systems and business processes.
• 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: SOC2 Type 2

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: No
• Security governance approach: The Proofpoint security program is led by the Proofpoint CSO. The program is based on identifying and mitigating risk to our personnel, the organization and the customer.
• Information security policies and processes: Proofpoint's information security program is aligned with the requirements of NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001. However, we are not certified to the ISO 27001 standard.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Proofpoint has a documented change management policy that includes requirements around documented change tickets and review and approval by the Change Review Board.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Proofpoint performs internal and external vulnerability scanning and remediates applicable findings in line with the Proofpoint patch management policy.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Proofpoint has distributed monitoring in place for availability, performance, capacity and security. Alerts are directed to a 24x7 NOC or SOC for review, remediation and/or escalation.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Proofpoint has a documented Incident Response Plan that includes procedures to detect, investigate, remediate and communicate security incidents. A trained IRT team is responsible for the maintenance of the program.

Secure development

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

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change ; Effective stewardship of the environment with activities that deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract including working towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions. ; We can support customers environmental goals by providing annual carbon emissions on contract and reduction plans.; ; We will run free of charge sustainability infrastructure reviews for customers to understand how they can reduce carbon emissions of their IT services. ; ; We are working towards 2040 Net-Zero GreenHouseGas emissions. ; Since 2021 we have been Carbon Neutral with Gold Standard Certified carbon credits - partner Ecologi.; By 2026 we aimed to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% from a 20/21 baseline year and which we have now achieved.; By 2030 we aim to reduce all of our emissions (including Scope 3) by 50% this is from a 22/23 baseline year.; ; Achievement of 2030 50% reduction targets (based on last FY) would mean a minimum carbon reduction of 142tCO2e per year for the public sector. ; ; We record and monitor our usage/ conversion to carbon emissions monthly and progress is published annually on the website in accordance with PPN06/21 and SECR guidelines. We are ISO14001 certified, and our targets are currently being verified by SBTi.; ; Overall, the business:; -Generates solar energy (85%) with REGO renewable purchased energy.; -Zero waste to landfill waste management; -Minimises travel emissions by 60%; -Uses water wisely – reduced by 15%; ; Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support environmental protection and improvement. ; ; We work hard to influence others and change behaviours to help fight climate change. ; ; Workforce:; -Sustainability inductions; -Sustainability training ; -Staff campaigns ; -Volunteering opportunities ; -Family woodland tree planting; ; Suppliers:; -Supply-chain reviews ; -Sustainability training; -Blogs/ media content ; -Sustainability training ; ; Customers: ; -Sustainability Infrastructure Review; -Hardware Carbon-Assessments; -Circular-Economy support; -Sustainability training

  Covid-19 recovery

  COVID-19 ; Help local communities to manage and recover from the impact of COVID-19 with activities in the delivery of the contract which: ; Create employment, re-training and other return to work opportunities for those left unemployed by COVID-19, particularly new opportunities in high growth sectors. ; - Phoenix Employability Outreach Programme - Unique access to Microsoft Career Essentials programme; Support organisations and businesses to manage and recover from the impacts of COVID-19, including where new ways of working are needed to deliver services. ; -Phoenix Small Business Digital Skills Outreach programme – webinars supporting cyber security, accessibility and licensing.; -Phoenix VCSE Digital Skills Outreach Programme – webinars supporting cyber security, accessibility and licensing.; Support the physical and mental health of people affected by COVID-19, including reducing the demand on health and care services.; -Phoenix Digital Skills Outreach Programme – Supporting people to access services services online e.g NHS app and Banking apps. ; Examples of our working with London and Quadrant Housing Association to deliver befriending calls for tenants who were lonely and isolated as a result of Covid19.; We have also worked with Liverpool City Council to promote employability courses to those left unemployed by Covid-19 and who are now in employment.; We provided free of charge IT service desk to 15 charities during the pandemic and have worked closely with them to support them with returning to full operation again.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Tackling economic inequality ; Create new businesses, new jobs and new skills with activities that, in the delivery of the contract: ; Create opportunities for entrepreneurship and help new, small organisations to grow, supporting economic growth and business creation.; -60% of our supply chain are SME’s; -We are signatories and adhere to the Prompt Payment Code; -Host Dragons Den SME supply chain sessions for new suppliers to showcase their services for our customers.; Create employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas. ; - The Phoenix Employability Outreach Programme provide unique access to Microsoft Career Essentials digital literacy programme, career talks and employability advice.; Create employment and training opportunities, particularly for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors. ; -Graduate work placements; -Phoenix Employability Outreach Programme - Unique access to Microsoft Career Essentials programme for certifications to skill up for roles in the IT sector.; -We work with our supply-chain to create job roles with shared apprenticeship heads and promotion to permanent employment.; Support educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications. ; -Apprenticeships whereby we aim for c.10 graduating apprentices and all are moved into permanent employment with Phoenix.; -Skills City Bootcamp where we deliver career talks and provide projects to 19+ year olds seeking to upskill for employment in the technology sector.; Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support employment and skills opportunities in high growth sectors.; -Our programmes are delivered in partnership with our customers, supply chain and workforce, including Career talks, mentoring and IT challenge activities.

  Equal opportunity

  Equal opportunity ; Reduce the disability employment gap with activities that: ; Demonstrate action to increase the representation of disabled people in the contract workforce. ; -We are certified Disability Confident Employers (level 2).; -We provide Digital Accessibility training for all staff so we can communicate with each other and our customers in an inclusive manner.; -We are exploring the use of the Voluntary Reporting Framework for understanding the disability makeup of the workforce.; Tackling workforce inequalities with activities that demonstrate action to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce. ; - We focus on ensuring an inclusive and unbiased recruitment strategy, with unconscious-bias training, blind recruitment processes, and reviewing language and placement of advertisements. ; ; -All staff trained receive mandatory EDI training annually.; ; Various initiatives include ; -Signatories of the Race at Work Charter, ; -Disability Confident Committed Employer ; -Signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant; -Gender-Neutral toilets; -Prayer room; -Milk-pumping room; -Sponsor York Pride; -We have specific policies for Menopause, and LGBTQ+. ; -We have established an Accessibility-Centre-of-Excellence to display the latest technology ; -We monitor our workforce statistics and report on them:; Gender 65% male /35% female (industry-average 20%); Ethnicity 5.6% (local-area 3.9%); Staff turnover 12.3% (industry-average 13.2%); Using the Voluntary Reporting Framework, we are working on what and how we can report metrics around disabled people in the workforce, including those with hidden disabilities. ; ; We have been recertified as a Great Place to Work™ and UK's Best Workplaces™ for Women.

  Wellbeing

  Wellbeing ; The mental health and well-being (MHWB) of our staff is of the utmost importance to us and our MHWB Policy aims to provide a working environment that promotes and supports the MHWB of all employees. ; Activities that demonstrate action to support the health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce at Phoenix include: ; -We utilise different resources not least those from Mental Health at Work Commitment, NHS Every Mind Matters, and the MIND employer toolkit to improve our employee MHWB programme. ; -All our staff heavily discounted private health insurance includes mental wellness. Plan members access a range of health treatments including face to face counselling and cognitive behaviour therapy. ; -Phoenix invests in the St Johns Ambulance Mental Health First Aid training course to ensure we have MH first aiders in the business and the skills to address MH in the workplace. ; -The new challenges the pandemic has raised, on our employee’s MHWB, has led to the creation of a staff network group who meet monthly, to ensure that all we do and say truly covers all aspects of MHWB. ; -All employees are given a monthly wellbeing hour to take for their own personal time and are also supported with monthly tea and toast sessions discussing and normalising MHWB topics.; ; We influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health.; -We provide Digital Accessibility training for all staff so we can communicate with each other and our customers in an inclusive manner.; -We have established an Accessibility-Centre-of-Excellence to display the latest technology to the workforce, supply chain and our customers; -We deliver digital accessibility training to customers; -We are sponsors of the Neurodiversity Awards

Pricing

• Price: £15.52 a licence
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Full service offering as a Proof of Concept for 2 weeks as standard at customers request

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 ccs@phoenixs.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.