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Axis12 Limited

Hosted Drupal based Intranet

Axis12 is an experienced provider of enterprise-level Drupal Intranets. Our securely hosted and fully featured intranet (based on Drupal) can be deployed in under 10 minutes. Compliant with all UK Government requirements for accessibility and security, our intranet solution contains advanced content management features typical of any enterprise CMS.

Features

  • Intranet built on Drupal 8, leading open source software
  • Open source Apache SOLR creates powerful search
  • Intranet hosting is ISO 27001 accredited, best for security
  • Intranet is full featured and mobile responsive
  • Intranet workflow can be personalised to requirements
  • Personalised intranet homepage available as standard
  • News and events are included as standard
  • Publications included as standard
  • RSS feeds included as standard
  • Drag and drop layout for easy editing

Benefits

  • Demo intranet site available
  • Customisation options to ensure your intranet is on brand
  • Setup, hosting and support included as standard
  • Regular feature development so intranet solution is always improving
  • 24/7 support option is available
  • Disaster Recovery and BCP available as standard
  • Data centres staffed by security, technical and network staff 24x7x365

Pricing

£1,100 a unit a month

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 6 1 3 8 0 0 1 2 9 4 9 1 9 0

Contact

Axis12 Limited Luke Harrop
Telephone: +44 (0) 203 397 8514
Email: tenders@axistwelve.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
Azure Active Directory
Office365
Drupal
Multiple authentication methods
Multiple forms tools
MS Dynamics 365
...and many more
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
N/A
System requirements
N/A

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Acknowledgement of questions raised in a support ticket is conducted within 5 minutes. Tickets are triaged and actioned in accordance with our strict SLAs, which range from 60mins through to 5 business days depending on the urgency and severity of the issue.
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
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 A
Web chat accessibility testing
Axis12 use Olark for web chat communications. Olark is independently verified for accessibility.
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Axis12 provide a range of different support ranging from 24/7 x 365 through to Core hours: Office hours (08:30 – 17:30 Monday to Friday on standard UK business days). Costs vary depending on level of service required and staff type. Every client will have a named account manager experienced in diagnosing and directing requests to the correct resource.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Provisioning is automated. Online training is provided and onsite training is provided at a cost.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Axis12 provide an export facility as a part of the interface, all other data is stored on the client side.
End-of-contract process
Everything is included in the subscription price.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
No difference from a functionality perspective. There a some UX enhancements for mobile users.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Description of service interface
The service interface allows users to configure and manage the service and the rich media content that the service provides access to. The service offers several standard levels of roles and permissions, and supports an unlimited number customisable roles.
Accessibility standards
WCAG 2.1 A
Accessibility testing
Axis12 have partnered with Sitemorse - leaders in digital accessibility - to bring you a structured and intuitive roadmap for ensuring you comply with Equality Act 2010 and The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. This service will ensure you achieve and maintain WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility across your digital estate.
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Axis12 have a private API that can allows creating, editing and grading of assignments.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • HTML
  • ODF
  • PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Because it is built on Drupal Open Source CMS every single aspect of the solution is customisable.
Some options are customisable in the interface by the client (theme colours, layout etc), other customisations will require developmental support from Axis12

Scaling

Independence of resources
Network separation, pinned resources with hosts, under allocation of resources on underlying hosts.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
CMS user audit trail, page, document and asset usage.
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

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 every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • 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
  • 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
Users export their data via the interface in the administrator section of the site.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other

Data-in-transit protection

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

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
99.95% uptime. Support for Level 1 issues and planned Support Requests (Levels 2-5) where agreed in advance. An out-of-hours telephone number is provided for The Customer to escalate any Level 1 issues. The Supplier will respond to and action any Level 1 issues in accordance with the response targets. Hosting and infrastructure issues will be actioned within the resolution targets. Level 1 issues caused by an application or content change made within non-Core hours will be actioned on a best efforts basis. Outages caused by these issues will be exempt from the uptime measurements and Service Level Credit calculations, and the support services may be chargeable.
Approach to resilience
Service resilience is available on request
Outage reporting
Email alerts.

Incident reports.

Phone calls to clients.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Two factor authentication.

IP white list.

VPN.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Limited access network (for example PSN)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • 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 6 months and 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
BSI
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
02/03/2020
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Scope Statement Axis12 ISMS encompasses all aspects of the organisation’s business and operations in support of discharging their obligations as defined in the Service Agreements with their clients from their London site, with hosting services provided in UK based datacentres and Amazon Cloud Services based in EA. This includes software development, hosting, support and training, the provision of consultancy and all other defined service offerings together with the associated supporting business processes. Exclusions Recruitment services are not currently in scope as they are not relevant to our certification.
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
ISO27001

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
Axis12 follow ISO27001 information security standards, processes and procedures are audited internally twice yearly per department and once a year externally by the BSI.

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
Change Control Steps: 1. Documenting the Change Request through Axis12 Change Control system. 2. Formal assessment of change looking at risks, benefits and security impact of making the change evaluated by the Change Approver. 3. The team responsible for the change creates a detailed plan for its design and implementation. 4. The implementation team designs a program for the software change and tests it. If successful a release date is requested. 5. The team implements the program and stakeholders review the change. 6. Final assessment involves requestor and change approver confirming the implementation success/failure and Change Request is closed/reopened.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
Axis12 are constantly monitoring the various major alert/information channels for threats to our system. Each threat is classified Critical, High, Low with expected implementation times as follow. - 'Critical’ patches should be deployed within hours - 'High’ patches should be deployed within 2 weeks of a patch becoming available - ‘Low’ patches deployed within 8 weeks of a patch becoming available.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
Axis12 have a range of automated and manual approaches to protective monitoring that are constantly being reviewed as new threats are identified within the industry. We work closely with our hosting partners and other industry experts. The exact process is available on request. Incident responses are reviewed and classified in our ‘Security Incident (System)’ and assigned to the appropriate Service Level to the incident with the appropriate level of technical resources to resolve the issue.
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
Axis12 follow our ISO 27001 policy to incident management. Incidents are recorded in logged in Jira which is then triaged. Once resolved incident reports are provided to the client, providing a summary, analysis, any corrective actions and improvement plans required.

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
Yes
Connected networks
Other
Other public sector networks
Not currently but can easily be done

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

Axis12 is fully committed to being Carbon Neutral by 2030 and are on track to reach that target much sooner. All our data centres are powered by 100% renewable energy. Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives • In the UK we are driving down business travel emissions through virtual collaboration, underpinned by employee training and the roll-out of collaboration tools across the Company • We will move our offices to renewable energy in the UK bringing the total proportion of renewable electricity to 100% by 2023. • We have implemented energy efficiency measures across our UK data centres with Ashbury DC running on 100% renewable electricity and Newbury at 30% with the target of 100% by 2030. Future Carbon Reduction Initiatives • Look to implement an Energy and Environmental Management System (EMS) which is certified under IS014001 and ISO5001 by 2027.

Pricing

Price
£1,100 a unit a month
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
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@axistwelve.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.