Avepoint UK Ltd

Cloud Backup for Salesforce

Immutable, Air-Gapped Cloud to Cloud Backups for Dynamics 365.

Features

• Automated backups up to 4X daily
• Unlimited or fully configurable retention options available
• BYOS (Bring your own storage) supported
• Granular Data Restores down to item, version, security or settings
• BYOK (Bring your own key) supported
• Fulfill right-to-be-forgotten requests.
• Dynamics 365 protection
• Enhanced metadata protection.
• Sandbox seeding
• Platform level restoration

Benefits

• No storage, network or compute provisioning and management required
• Enable backup support without elevating helpdesk user permissions in M365
• Meet data sovereignty requirements
• Single Pane of glass for Salesforce and Dynamics 365 protection.
• Reduce time-to-restore with with fast search or point-in-time restore
• Meet cyber insurance underwriter's requirements for data protection
• Automatic discovery and protection of new users and data
• 24/7/365 Recovery Support

£2.50 a user a month

• 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

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 salesuk@avepoint.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

998914626210384

Contact

Sarju Raja, Jason Lee, or Adam Callinan
02074215199
salesuk@avepoint.com

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes
• What software services is the service an extension to: Requires a Salesforce environment.
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: No
• System requirements: Salesforce environment required.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Telephone requests are immediate, other methods will be within 2 hours or more dependant on the severity of the request. For more information https://avepoint.com/products/support.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 A
• 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: WCAG 2.1 A
• Web chat accessibility testing: This is available through https://www.avepoint.com/products/support
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: We provide - Low, Medium, High and Very High levels, more information can be found at https://www.avepoint.com/products/support
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Self-help guides and videos are available to guide users through service set-up, administration, and use. Further onboarding services are defined and agreed in a Statement of Work.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Customers may request a copy of the data via our support team.
• End-of-contract process: The functionality will stop working and the customers obligations will end. Where applicable customer data can be exported.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Chrome
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: None
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 A
• Description of service interface: Users access services via http://www.avepointonlineservices.com/login. Users have access to available functions through our GUI based on their permissions or role.
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.1 A
• Accessibility testing: AvePoint complies with common accessibility guidelines. In addition, extensive Quality Assurance testing is performed before any release. Customers can optionally subscribe to "Insider Releases" to gain early access to updates, and provide feedback.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Configure backups, export data, fetch audit information and integrate with SEIM services
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: We employ a number of methods including elastic scaling to manage performance. AvePoint also uses App context authentication where appropriate to further reduce throttling risks.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Using AvePoint Cloud Backup you can generate and download reports for the completed backup, restore, or export jobs to view the job summary, job settings, and the failed or skipped objects. In the reports for the restore jobs, the source and destination information can also be seen.
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• 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
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • 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
• 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: Data Export feature is initiated from the user interface. Conditions apply on data volumes.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • CSV
  • PST
  • MySql
  • Compressed file
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: N/A

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Availability is set within the SLA.
• Approach to resilience: AvePoint leverages Microsoft Azure for hosting it's cloud service, which has a number of data centers for HA.
• Outage reporting: Portal notifications with additional direct communication when appropriate.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication: Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: All authentication is carried out against Microsoft Azure or any supported Azure authentication method.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)

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: Kompleye
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 23/06/2023
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A. The Information Security Management System is applicable to secure software development and maintenance process including support business functions like Infosec, IT, HR, Sales and Marketing, Project Management, Operations and Call Centre.
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• 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: AvePoint has a policy of transparency regarding our data collection, use, retention and sharing practices. It is our commitment to implement appropriate technical security measures to protect all AvePoint stakeholder and manage 3rd party risk. Further information is available at: https://www.avepoint.com/company/trust-center.

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 Management is documented, requested, reviewed, approved, tested, and finally rolled out during off hours in order to have minimal effect on customers.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: We subscribe to security bulletins and stay abreast of recent 0 day vulnerabilities as well as maintaining an active patch cycle.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Please refer to Azure documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/best-practices-network-security.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Long standing experienced help-desk available 24x7, backed by breach management procedures to notify customers, post information publicly when necessary, and dedicate development resources to a swift resolution.

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

  Fighting climate change

  AvePoint are a Cloud based delivery organisation therefore reduce the impact of running Datacenters in the organisations .

  Covid-19 recovery

  AvePoint are helping raising the Digital Skills in the region through education platforms .

  Tackling economic inequality

  AvePoint are offering a Digital Inclusion for the digital deprived in the region to raise the skills and ability to find employment.

  Equal opportunity

  AvePoint is a UK employer who has a full equal opportunity approach.

Pricing

• Price: £2.50 a user a month
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: It is possible to trial the product for a 30 day period at no cost online. Please contact SalesUK@avepoint.com to initiate a trial.
• Link to free trial: https://www.avepointonlineservices.com/services

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 salesuk@avepoint.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.