G-Cloud 11 services are suspended on Digital Marketplace

If you have an ongoing procurement on G-Cloud 11, you must complete it by 18 December 2020. Existing contracts with CAST Software LTD are still valid.
CAST Software LTD

CAST Application Intelligence Platform Security

CAST helps identify and eliminate software related issues that disrupt their business. To do this, we employ system-level analysis that finds the critical issues undetected by traditional QA methods. At CAST, we operate on the foundation that fact-based analysis introduces and maintains managerial visibility, safety, predictability and higher productivity.

Features

  • Supports over 30 programming languages including mainframe and databases
  • Scaleable to enterprise level
  • Complete managed service available
  • Browser based reporting and analytics
  • Full automation of application analysis process
  • Compliant with Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) standards
  • Full historical detail and trending of all analytics
  • Assessment against OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
  • Assessment against CWE Top 25 Vulnerabilities

Benefits

  • Measure security using CISQ quality standards
  • Benchmark security across multiple user defined criteria
  • Catch security defects early in the development lifecycle
  • Increase re-use of safe components by monitoring architectural compliance

Pricing

£20,000 to £500,000 an instance a year

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 11

Service ID

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

Contact

CAST Software LTD Mark James
Telephone: +44 7973943107
Email: m.james@castsoftware.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
Support limited to certain programming languages and technologies. Latest list available on request.
System requirements
  • VM configuration based on scope of engagement
  • Installed OS on VM must be Windows
  • Windows 7, 8, 10 or Server 2008, 2012

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Mon-Fri only
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
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Bespoke to customer needs using the rate card
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
User documentation is provided. Onsite and remote consultancy can be provided as per the rate card. Online training is also available.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Data extraction is undertaken by CAST on request.
End-of-contract process
Contract end process is defined at the outset dependant on the customer use case.

Using the service

Web browser interface
No
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Linux or Unix
  • Windows
Designed for use on mobile devices
No
Service interface
No
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Reporting only
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
API sandbox or test environment
No
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
When required services can be supplied from dedicated servers and access restricted to IP addresses provided by the client

Analytics

Service usage metrics
No

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
European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Supplier-defined controls
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with another standard
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Data can be exported using the RestAPI.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
XML
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
XML

Data-in-transit protection

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

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
No guaranteed availability
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Email

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Controlled by Username and Password.
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 have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
User-defined
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
Bureau Veritas
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
01/01/2015
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Non cloud based services
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
Pre-certified against security specifications from OMG/CISQ .

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
Accredited to ISO27001. Managed by the Technical Director who reports directly to the CFO. Internally audited yearly.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Any modifications required (addition, modification, removal of components and/or services access), and which will have an impact on the operations, on the business, on the security or on the procedures is considered as a change and must follow procedures detailed in CAST Change Management policy.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Vulnerabilities are tracked and dealt with under several IT-ISMS procedures and policies - Incident and Non-Conformity Management Policy, Information Security Policy, Software Development Life cycle Policy. These are available on request.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Hardware and software systems log security events: Connections, Failed connections, attempts to access unauthorised data. These events are monitored by the IT team. Admin access to the systems is limited to identified members of the IT team through using non generic admin accounts. All access is logged and reviewed.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Incidents are tracked and dealt with under the IT-ISMS policies - Incident and Non-Conformity Management Policy and Information Security Policy. These are available on request.

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

Pricing

Price
£20,000 to £500,000 an instance a year
Discount for educational organisations
No
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 m.james@castsoftware.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.