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Reliance High-Tech Ltd

Body Worn Video Solutions from Reliance Protect

Reliance Protect body worn camera solutions enhance incident deterrence and generate powerful evidence with HD video and audio. Included are options around customer live stream viewing and back into our in-house 24/7/365 Alarm Receiving Centre. Cloud storage and full control, editing and sharing recordings via the VideoManager portal.

Features

  • Simple, lightweight and robust HD video and audio cameras
  • LTE, WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth connectivity
  • Live stream options back into the customer organisation
  • Live stream option into Reliance Protect ARC for incident management
  • Full end to end encryption of videos
  • Record-only and record-live stream options
  • VideoManager portal for administration, video management, editing, sharing, deleting
  • Live camera location mapping
  • ISO27001, BS5979 Category II, ISO14001, ISO9001, Cyber essentials accreditation
  • GDPR compliant with cloud storage

Benefits

  • Easy operation and suitable for a wide range of users
  • Range of configurable camera options for any given application
  • Monitor and manage situations with live streaming
  • Optional Reliance Protect ARC live stream monitoring incident management
  • Simple editing tools enables you to manage your video in-house
  • Manage access and permissions of portal users accessing video recordings
  • Powerful and extensive management information reporting
  • Import and export video footage securely
  • Secure cloud storage benefits
  • Office and field based support through deployment and contract term

Pricing

£29.71 to £107.59 a device a month

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 9 3 5 0 7 0 4 7 5 1 2 5 5 8

Contact

Reliance High-Tech Ltd Nicola Verrier
Telephone: 08451210802
Email: info@reliancehightech.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
The RelianceProtect Body Worn Camera service is available through dedicated hardware devices. System API provides customers with ability to develop integrations into the VideoManager platform for bespoke solutions.
System requirements
  • VideoManager accessed by any modern web browser.
  • Wi-Fi network for live streaming from devices to VideoManager.
  • Wi-Fi or wired internet connection for media upload to VideoManager.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Calls and web chat are answered within 30 seconds, emails responded to within 1 working day
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
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
Our web chat is available across all of our pages on our Reliance Protect website
Web chat accessibility testing
We have designed the web chat to be simple to use with minimal chatbox options so the enquiries go quickly to our Service Desk or Sales Team to pick and respond to
Onsite support
Onsite support
Support levels
We deliver our services against the following KPIs:

Minimum 97% of calls answered by Customer Support within 30 seconds
Maximum 2% abandoned calls into Customer Support
Minimum 95% customer queries resolved within 1 working day
Minimum 99% customer queries resolved within 1-3 working days
Minimum 95% complaints resolved within 5 working days
Minimum 98.5% alarms picked up by the ARC within 10 seconds
100% alarms picked up by the ARC within 18 seconds
Minimum 95% faulty devices replaced within 1 working day
Minimum 99% faulty devices replaced within 3 working days
Support available to third parties
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We offer a fully project-managed onboarding support service to make the process as simple as possible for our customers whether they are adopting body worn camera solutions for the first time or migrating from another provider.

The Customer Support Manager contacts every new customer and details the onboarding process. They are supported by the field based trainers, engineers, and account managers.

The training, shipping and installation of equipment are all agreed and scheduled. Training can be delivered via web conferencing, telephone, or face to face on the customer site.

Devices are shipped in line with the training scheduled and as agreed with the customer.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Users have the ability via VideoManager to run their own exports depending on users permissions.
End-of-contract process
At the end of a contract Reliance ensure with the customer that all data required is successfully exported before the VideoManager system is securely deleted.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
No
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
Customers can access service features through our VideoManager portal. The VideoManager portal is a fully functional platform accessed online where customer administrators can easily manage the administration of the cameras and reporting of management information.
Accessibility standards
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Accessibility testing
None to date.
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Connect for reporting services, such as direct connection of PowerBI
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
There are a range of customisable options for customers utilising our services.

There are options on the cameras such as pre and post record, range of configurable buttons, record only, record and live stream, swarm mode, location tracking.

Administrators and managers can have highly customisable reports that can be created and automatically scheduled including:
Device and user usage metrics,
Video recordings made,
Data exports

Alarm handling and escalation procedures are highly configurable for any user, team, department, and contract.

We also offer a range of options in terms of integrating our data into customer business analytics systems.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Each customer has their own instance, not a shared resource. Reliance monitor capacity of systems and have planning for peaks and projected growth. Reliance utilise cloud technology for scalability.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
We cover an extensive range of metrics to ensure customers have full visibility and transparency of service usage. Our reporting via the VideoManager portal covers the following areas:

Camera asset management,
User and camera usage activity,
Videos created and incidents created around the videos,
Camera assignment metrics,
Camera availability and utilisation metrics,
Audit information,
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra features and support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Physical devices and VideoManager platform

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
No
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 Tigerscheme qualified provider or a CREST-approved service provider
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
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
Exporting of data is a standard function within the VideoManager portal, users with appropriate access rights can perform exports of metadata and media.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
  • MP4
  • XML
  • ISO/DVD
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
MP4

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
We guarantee a minimum service uptime across our ARC, online VideoManager portal and Customer support function of 99%. Actual service uptime averages over 99.5%.
Approach to resilience
The devices will continue to record and do not require an active connection to VideoManager to securely store evidence. The VideoManager instance is hosted within the highly resilient AWS EC2 platform.
Outage reporting
We communicate service outages via email. Any planned downtime due to maintenance is communicated in a timely fashion prior to commencing the maintenance.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Other
Other user authentication
This can be decided by the customer, we offer username and password, Multi factor authentication and Single Sign On services.
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Reliance base privileges are around roles and the classification levels of information processed within that role to ensure consistency between the classification levels and access control requirements across systems and networks
Privileges consider:
Data protection, legislation, and contractual commitments regarding access to services
The “need to know” principle
Everything is forbidden unless expressly permitted
Security rules that must always be enforced
Prohibit user-initiated changes to information labels, by restricting the access rights of the user
Prohibit user-initiated changes to user permissions, by restricting user access level changes to administrators
Enforcing, through written agreement, rules that require specific permission before enactment
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
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
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get 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
BSI
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
08/09/2010
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A, the scope of the certification covers the whole service
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
  • BS5979
  • NHS Digital Toolkit

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
Our Statement of Applicability demonstrates that Reliance employs and maintains all 114 controls of AnnexA, A5.1.1 through to A18.2.3 with no exclusions.
We have successfully held ISO27001 since 2010, externally audited by the BSI every 6 months.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Reliance operate a formal change control process. The change control process needs both technical and business signoff and contains information on assets affected, details of change, risk assessment, roll back procedures, testing details and security considerations around the change. The change process if affecting personal data includes a complete Data Protection Impact Assessment which is reviewed and approved by our Data Protection Officer.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Penetration testing is done by an independent 3rd party that complies to Tiger Scheme / CESG CHECK / CREST. Tests are at least annually for external infrastructure testing and quarterly application testing if updates have been made to our public facing sites.
Reliance use Nessus and other tools such as NMAP and Kali for in house Vulnerability testing and cover all applicable vulnerability classes using the output from organisations such as CWE, OWASP, OSSTMM, SANS and WASC as a baseline. We consider the overall risk profile based on Common Vulnerability Scoring Systems ratings CVSS.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Reliance operate a layered security approach with policy, procedural, people and technical controls in place. We have an ongoing collection and automated analysis of log and event data, validating records of activity and performing real-time advanced correlation and pattern recognition. Our monitoring alerts our IT team in the event of patterns outside of set parameters or suspected malicious event sequences.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Reliance have defined Incident Management and response policies by Incident type, eg: GDPR, Confidentiality, Malware, Ransomware etc.. The primary purpose of the procedures is to recognise an Incident and then define Incident Actions, Containment, and Contingency Actions to ensure that the Incident is reported and correctly managed through to return to Business As Usual. As part of Incident Management we also include Lessons learnt. Within the plans we also manage 3rd party risk mitigation, being either a 3rd party exposing us to a risk or Reliance being the risk to another party.

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

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

Fighting climate change

Our goal is to be net zero by 2030 and to achieve this, reduce our CO2 emissions by 10% per annum. Our plan (which is published on our website) https://www.reliancehightech.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Reliance-High-Tech-Carbon-Reduction-Plan.docx.pdf contains numerous activities that we are measuring (or plan to measure) in order to ascertain our progress against these goals.
We recognise that the most carbon efficient journey is the one that is not taken. To that end, we work closely with all our customers to promote remote servicing and cloud solutions, which in turn have their own benefits for our clients premises (i.e. reducing hardware servers and associated energy consumption through things like air conditioning). These provide very environmentally friendly solutions, as many issues can be resolved without physical attendance. We have also invested in remote surveying tools, allowing customers or local engineers to produce clear video surveys used to design systems, reducing travel by specialists who may not be near the site in question. We have also adopted flexible working in all offices, reducing commuting requirements by staff.
Where a journey does need to take place, we are currently upgrading our ‘Service Helpdesk’ platform to take advantage of the latest AI technology to provide industry-leading scheduling tools to optimise distance travelled, time travelled and remote triaging through dynamic scheduling. Our targets are to make 50% of our service calls remote by 2027.

Covid-19 recovery

Reliance was fortunate that due to the sector we operate in and the services we provide our clients meant that we were able to retain and provide work for our workforce. We are however aware that for many Covid-19 has brought hardship and unemployment, especially for the younger generations. Therefore, we are increasing our commitment to offer apprenticeships to start work or re-train to work in the security sector.
To attract the best candidates, we promote the five foundational principles of quality work, set out in the Good Work Plan (fair pay, participation and progression, voice, and autonomy), that should attract good candidates from all backgrounds, minimise turnover of staff and improve productivity.

Tackling economic inequality

Reliance is deeply committed to improving economic, social and environmental well-being across the UK and we work with a number of charities and initiatives nationally alongside key clients to tackle economic inequality specifically. While we often provide financial support for local initiatives, we also find that the best partnerships are those where we can be active participants, providing ‘human’ support and opportunity.

We believe that everyone should be given a fair opportunity and contribute, no matter their background or situation. One example is that we work with the ‘Drive Forward Foundation’, who aim to make a difference in the lives of young care leavers, and create focused employment opportunities where we can assist people from care through the application process into our business, whether that is into an apprenticeship or a more experienced position. Alongside this, we also work with ‘Young Enterprise’ and ‘Cauldwell Youth’, as well as having an active apprenticeships programme which although ‘engineer’ biased can cover a wide range of roles an opportunities across our business. We actively look for characteristics of desire, capability and motivation over experience and standard qualifications. We also partner with our customers to provide opportunities to grow and train ‘local talent’.

Equal opportunity

Diversity Equality and Inclusion are key to the success of Reliance. Our company tagline is “Serious about technology and passionate about people”.
With this in mind we have various initiatives to ensure that we create a positive and diverse workforce. We don’t just simply monitor the number of employees of a specific gender, race, background, ability , age etc, but also continuously assess the culture of the business and improve the outcomes.
We operate a biannual OCI survey across the entire company. This ensures that feedback is given and culture is measured across the business, managed through an independent organisation. This is reported within our board meetings and each executive ‘operational department lead’ will hold feedback meetings with their respective teams to encourage real life feedback and solutions to how to improve culture and engagement. We encourage everyone to have a voice and participate in order to improve the ethos within the business. There are a number of key scientific measures included within this tool which measure types of behaviour and outcome, against role, group, age, gender and other statistically significant norms that have been built up over millions of participants over the years.

We actively promote and train, regardless of background, culture, gender, age or disability to ensure we create a business with opportunity , diversity and equality at the forefront.

Wellbeing

Our team all have access to health insurance. Depending upon the scheme, this either covers full private healthcare or contributions towards well-being related costs, for example dentistry, audiology, optical, physiotherapy and access to mental health practitioners.
In addition to this we have an employee assistance programme which provides 24/7 helpline to help advise on personal matters such as financial worries, access to counselling and legal matters. Within the business we have mental health first aid champions who are available to help any member of staff should they wish to speak to someone in confidence. We have a zero-tolerance policy on bullying and harassment and promote a speak up culture within the business to ensure that any issues all resolved expediently.
We have a charity of the year for whom all staff are allowed an additional one day’s holiday to support, and we have undertaken activities such as sponsored walks, sporting events and quizzes.
We strongly believe that culture of teamwork and a sense of belonging is a key component to good mental health. Since the pandemic remote working has become commonplace and whilst we fully support the flexibility this gives, it is important that individuals do not feel isolated. Throughout the pandemic and continuing with hybrid working patterns, we ensure that all teams meet regularly (preferably in person) to ensure a sense of belonging is maintained. For example, during the pandemic we held daily “drop-in” calls for all staff, the sole purpose of which was just too check in with each other.

Pricing

Price
£29.71 to £107.59 a device a month
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
The free version of the trial is the complete service including the optional live video incident monitoring through our Alarm Receiving Centre. The customer goes through the onboarding process and camera installation, access to the VideoManager portal and reporting, staff training on the cameras and VideoManager portal, and go live.

Service documents

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