This G-Cloud 12 service is no longer available to buy.

The G-Cloud 12 framework expired on Monday 28 November 2022. Any existing contracts with Smart Co Consulting Limited are still valid.
Smart Co Consulting Limited

Security Operations and Consultancy

SmartCo help organisations to plan, improve and manage their IT operations securely and effectively. We have teams that support your organisation on a fixed price or time and materials basis.

This includes supporting your security operations through the development and delivery of secure operations, designed to support your needs.

Features

  • Strategic sounding Board for your Security & IAM strategy
  • Security Architecture services
  • Governance and Information Assurance
  • Testing – Code Review, E2E, ITHC
  • Security Risk Management
  • IAM tool selection, business readiness and deployment
  • Azure Active Directory Identity Governance
  • Azure & AWS Security Infrastructure delivery, monitoring and management
  • Delivery of system reviews, technical designs and security standards
  • Engagement to understand and guide requirements

Benefits

  • Improved IT security operations, governance and advisory
  • Orchestration of security engagement with projects
  • Understanding of large scale cloud environments
  • Avoid costly mistakes through experienced and expert advice
  • Rapid and effective deployment through proven approaches
  • IAM strategy Vision, Roadmap and Business Case
  • Single Sign-On, RBAC and implementation of secure access
  • Alignment with Government Digital Service (GDS) and 'Digital by default'
  • Aligned to public sector finances e.g. five case business cases

Pricing

£400 a person a day

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 george.jackson@smart-co.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 12

Service ID

2 8 4 2 3 9 6 1 1 0 9 2 5 7 4

Contact

Smart Co Consulting Limited George Jackson
Telephone: 02037801380
Email: george.jackson@smart-co.co.uk

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
Smartco bring proven best practice approaches to the planning of IdAM / IAM projects. Our services are tailored to your sector and specific requirements and our teams bring the necessary experience and skills to ensure implementation and success.
Through engagement, we will work with you to assess the current situation (risks, issues and opportunities), the desired outcomes and outputs and the project options available.
We plan timescales, costs, risks, personnel and resource requirements and manage and optimise these throughout the project.
Our standard reporting ensures you will have the necessary oversight and governance of performance, quality and risks
Planning service works with specific services
No

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
Smartco bring proven best practice approaches to the training and education needs of IdAM / IAM projects. Our services are tailored to your sector and specific requirements and our teams bring the necessary experience and skills to ensure implementation and success.
Through engagement, we will work with you to assess the desired training needs, outcomes and outputs required and explore the training options available.
We plan the logistics (online, rooms, attendees, approach, structure and content) and how these services can be best deployed to ensure skills development and continuous improvement.
Our services bring innovative approaches to training, including, online, adaptive content, e-learning, booking systems, customised plans, integrated floor walking and establishing business owners, super users and champions to ensure continuous improvement and on-going training development.
Our standard training reporting ensures you will have the necessary oversight of training success, performance, quality and risks. Upon completion, training is embedded within the client organisation and integrated with joiners and leavers processes
Training is tied to specific services
No

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
Smartco bring proven best practice approaches to the setup and migration of IdAM / IAM projects. Our services are tailored to your sector and specific requirements and our teams bring the necessary experience and skills to ensure implementation and success.
Through engagement, we will work with you to assess the current setup and data (business process, quality, volumetrics, issues and opportunities), the desired outcomes and the setup and migration options available.
We explore the options with stakeholders to ensure risks and costs are managed and optimised and that benefits can be maximised through the transition.
We leverage inputs from business engagement to ensure business process needs are reflected whilst equally, leveraging experience from other implementations and industry best practice.
We bring many solutions and toolsets to support the process, from data quality analysis to approaches to phased migration. We bring deep knowledge of the setup and configuration of most business systems that mirror the designed "to be" business processes.
Our standard setup and migration reporting ensures you will have the necessary oversight of the transformation and migration success, performance, quality and risks.
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
No

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
Smartco bring proven best practice approaches to quality management, assurance and performance testing of IdAM /IAM solutions. Our services are tailored to your sector and specific requirements and our teams bring the necessary experience and skills to ensure implementation and success.
Through engagement, we will work with you to assess the desired outcomes and outputs and reflect these as objectives of quality and testing plans.
We engage to ensure business process needs are reflected as test objectives (functional, non-functional, volumetric and performance requirements) whilst equally, leveraging experience from other implementations and industry best practice.
We bring many solutions and toolsets to support the process, from data analysis to automated test scripting solutions to optimise the process and ensure best value for money.
Our standard quality and test reporting ensure you will have the necessary oversight of the quality and testing process, performance

Security testing

Security services
No

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
No constraints

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
1 working day
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
No
Support levels
We provide a technical account manager

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Staff screening not performed
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Pricing

Price
£400 a person a day
Discount for educational organisations
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 george.jackson@smart-co.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.