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 giant screening are still valid.
giant screening

Background Checking and Pre-Employment Screening

We offer you the very best technology and operational support to deliver pre-employment screening and background checking. At giant, we ensure the candidate journey is improved, our client’s business is protected and the time to hire is positively impacted.

Features

  • Criminal Record Checks
  • Referencing
  • All required background checks
  • Managed Service
  • Cloud Based System
  • Fully Outsourced
  • Compliance
  • Applicant Onboarding Features
  • Electronic Signatures
  • Highly Configerable

Benefits

  • Cost Efficent
  • Quick Turn Around Times
  • Excellent Candidate Experiance
  • Highly flexible
  • Branded to you
  • Everything in one place
  • Remove administrative burden

Pricing

£4.50 a person

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 mathew.armstrong@giantgroup.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 11

Service ID

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

Contact

giant screening Mathew Armstrong
Telephone: 01245 379090
Email: mathew.armstrong@giantgroup.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
There are no know constraints
System requirements
  • Works over any Web Browser
  • Mobile Enabled

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
4 Bussiness 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
No
Onsite support
Onsite support
Support levels
All our clients receive the same exceptional levels of support.
Support available to third parties
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Assisted implementation and onsite training
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
In a pre-agreed format
End-of-contract process
All costs are included in the contract

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Internet Explorer 8
  • Internet Explorer 9
  • Internet Explorer 10
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari 9+
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Completely mobile enabled
Service interface
No
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Restful Json API
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Processes, Colouring, Branding, Workding, Workflows

Scaling

Independence of resources
We work with all clients to ensure reasonable forecast plans are in place. This enables a consistent approach to all client requirements.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Bespoke reporting is avalible to all clients
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2012
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
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
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 SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all physical media
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
XML
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
  • XML
  • Excel
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
Excel

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
99.9%
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Available on request

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Through user profiles
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
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 have access to real-time 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 Verita
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
16/12/2014
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
Cyber Essentials

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

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Available on request
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Available on request
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Available on request
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Available on request

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Pricing

Price
£4.50 a person
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 mathew.armstrong@giantgroup.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.