Atlas Cloud Ltd

Disaster Recovery as a Service / DRaaS (powered by Zerto)

Replicate and store critical applications and data and make them available in case of disaster via a hosted desktop (including M365 and Teams). Clients define key apps which are stored and updated in real time in ISO 27001:2013 certified data centres.
Also known as: Hosted Disaster Recovery

Features

  • Choose key applications and data
  • A fully manged service including support
  • Recovery Time Objective (RTO): 10 minutes
  • Recovery Point Objective (RPO): 12 seconds
  • DR Desktop comes with MS Office and Skype for Business
  • Zero disruption DR testing
  • Full progress reporting
  • Inflatable DRaaS – the solution easily adapts to business changes
  • An alternative business growth capacity solution

Benefits

  • Desktops are only paid for when DR is invoked
  • DR compliance is ensured
  • Enabled remote working during disaster – no office needed
  • Business continuity is ensured
  • Device agnostic – accessible on any internet enabled device
  • No high spec hardware needed – BYOD enabled
  • Low bandwidth requirement
  • Highly secure – ISO 27001:2013 certified
  • Real-time provisioning – quickly add or remove users
  • Agile, flexible and customisable depending on business needs

Pricing

£50 to £250 a virtual machine a month

  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

9 9 2 0 6 7 1 8 8 3 8 2 4 9 2

Contact

Atlas Cloud Ltd Ben Tomlinson – Marketing Manager
Telephone: 0191 283 0191
Email: gcloud@atlascloud.co.uk

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
Hosted Desktop DaaS
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
No
System requirements
Appropriate application licenses

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Response and resolution times are based on the priority of the incident / service request.
Working hours Monday – Friday 07:00-18:00 (extended support hours are available by request)
Critical Response 30 working minutes Resolution 4 working hours
High Response 30 working minutes Resolution 24 working hours
Medium Response 60 working minutes Resolution 48 working hours
Service Request Response 120 working minutes Resolution 120 working hours
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
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
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Visiting atlastcloud.co.uk and clicking on the pop-up at the bottom-right of any web page within the site.
Web chat accessibility testing
N/a – not yet had any requirements to do so.
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Monday - Friday 07:00-18:00 as standard, extended support hours are possible at an additional cost depending on how much you extend the hours by. We do provide account management and have support engineers.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Once an order is agreed and accepted, Atlas Cloud’s implementation team will begin the on-boarding process. This will involve building and configuring the application(s) required by the customer and the migration of any associated data to the secure data centre environments. We provide a technical Project Manager to lead the design as well as an implementation team of experienced Architects and Senior Engineers.
Atlas Cloud uses the IT Service Delivery Management framework, ITIL, and all of the support processes are designed around this. In addition, we hold ISO certifications in 9001, 14001 and 27001:2013.
Experienced Atlas Cloud engineers will provide support on-site for new users at the go-live date. In addition, a welcome information booklet is provided which explains the log-on process and answers some FAQs. The service desk team is always on hand to guide new users through a log-on should additional help be required, and to answer any questions.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Offboarding
If the client wishes to change to a different IT provider, the first step is for the client to file a request to leave. Next, an End of Contract date is agreed. Data is then collected via the client from the Atlas Cloud data centre or placed in an encrypted location at the request of the client. Atlas Cloud do not keep unencrypted data outside the data centre. The customer can extract their data at any time, whether by self-service request or a request for Atlas Cloud to perform on the customer’s behalf. The cost of this will be based upon a time and materials basis.

Client owned licenses are subsequently handed back to the client and any rented hardware is returned to Atlas Cloud. Finally, the client’s desktops are deleted from the systems and a confirmation is sent to the client.
End-of-contract process
The cost of the contract only covers the contract and not and additional work needed to exit the contract. We would charge an hourly rate for any additional work that needs to be completed as part of the contract end.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Windows Phone
  • Other
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
None
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
API
No
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
Yes

Analytics

Service usage metrics
No

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
Supplier-defined controls
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • 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
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
We can complete this to an encrypted drive (provided by the customer or by Atlas at an additional cost).
Data export formats
Other
Other data export formats
The format that the data is in
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
The format the data is in

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
Other
Other protection within supplier network
VLANs and NTFS permissions.

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
99.5% uptime guaranteed. Service credits can be available on request.
Approach to resilience
Available on request.
Outage reporting
Email or text alerting.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
We have separate accounts for management and administration. Separate VLANs between management servers and other.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
No audit information available
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
ISOQAAR
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
12/08/2016
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Nothing is excluded.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
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
Information security policies and processes
ISO 27001

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
We have an change management process that has a multi level approval process and a dedicated changed manager. Components of the service are monitored and maintained with any risks to service noted on a risk register.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
We have mechanisms for threats to be flagged by our monitoring system and the engineers that work on the systems. We can deploy emergency patches in line with our change management process. We have three standard change windows per week and one monthly maintenance window.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
We use various software to monitoring our systems, the software auto creates an incident into our incident management system when a threshold is breached. The incident is then categorised and prioritised and the appropriate SLA assigned. Dependant on the priority the incident is responded to within 30-120 minutes.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
We have standard operating procedures for common events that are documented. Users can report incidents via phone, email or we have a client portal that clients can log and update incidents via. We email incidents reports at the end of every month.

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

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

Public cloud Infrastructure uses SmartScale technology to power off/down servers during low usage periods.
Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

n/a
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

n/a
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

n/a
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

Employees have unlimited annual leave allowance, personal days are encouraged.

Pricing

Price
£50 to £250 a virtual machine a month
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
We have a demo environment that can be used for testing. The time frame that this is available for is dependant on the customer requirements.
Link to free trial
Not applicable

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