Arkadin Crisis Communications
The Arkadin Digital Engagement team can facilitate crisis communications in a secure environment to bring together key stakeholders, often at short notice in a conference call or online meeting. The service offers small interactive meetings and larger one-to-many communications to promulgate guidance and messaging to larger team and departmental audiences.
Features
- Managed audio conference calls, webinars, webcasts & video conferences
- Polling, Q&A and call recording
- Transcription service with rush option
- Post event reporting with connection times
- Secure and scalable < 10,000 participants, operator managed conference calls
- One time only PIN option for security
- Communication with call operators throughout call
- Personalised PIN number option to track attendance
- Event project management available in 19 Languages
Benefits
- Live assistance for all participants to ensure connection to call
- Experienced call operators for a professionally delivered call
- Moderated Q&A for tightly controlled session
- Scaled delivery to thousands of online attendees
- Attendee list access during call
- Communication with call operators throughout call
- Global operational footprint, to assist overseas presenters and participants
- Bring together geographically dispersed teams and departments regularly
- Short lead time for urgent communications
- Meeting and individual speaker introductions to
Pricing
£300.00 to £85,000.00 a unit
- Education pricing available
- Free trial available
Service documents
Request an accessible format
Framework
G-Cloud 11
Service ID
6 1 8 5 2 9 3 7 1 4 4 9 5 4 6
Contact
NTT Cloud Communications UK Ltd
Chris Gladwin
Telephone: +44 (0)7738349781
Email: C.Gladwin@arkadin.com
Service scope
- Software add-on or extension
- Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
- What software services is the service an extension to
- Arkadin provide managed webcasting support in terms of the setup and technical delivery of a webcast including managing AV suppliers, venues and general logistics via expert project management. Arkadin's Event Project Management team support clients in 19 languages.
- Cloud deployment model
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- Private cloud
- Community cloud
- Service constraints
- Firewalls and ports may need to be configured to allow streaming on devices inside the internal network.
- System requirements
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- Windows 7 to present day
- Windows Browsers, Internet Explorer 11+ Microsoft Edge
- Firefox40.x GoogleChrome44.x
- MacOS10.9.x to present day
- Mac Browsers Firefox40.x Google Chrome44.x Safari7.x
- Flash Player Version 14+
- Linux Ubuntu 10.x Firefox 40.x
- Apple devices iPhone 5+ and iPad 2+
- Android Devices with OS 4.2 and 4.4+
- Audio 56Kbps or greater / Video 300Kbps or greater
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- 24/7 365 following the Sun. Ticketing and instant online chat facility is available depending on the product selected.
- 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
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support accessibility standard
- None or don’t know
- How the web chat support is accessible
- Via the website, additionally through the webcast platform if purchased as a subscription licence.
- Web chat accessibility testing
- Please elaborate if you require further information.
- Onsite support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support levels
- Full support is provided for on site assistance including AV/Production if required. Depending on the service and requirements and the client needs, this can be on site or cloud support. Cost are evaluated case by case and depending on the duration and the degree of assistance required. Our service is backed by comprehensive SLAs and clients managed by commercial and technical account managers.
- Support available to third parties
- Yes
Onboarding and offboarding
- Getting started
- Arkadin provide many additional services including but not limited to: Organisational Change Management (OCM), Professional Services & Project Management, Trainers, online help guides and videos.
- Service documentation
- Yes
- Documentation formats
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- HTML
- Other
- Other documentation formats
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- Webinars
- Videos
- End-of-contract data extraction
- All webcasts can be provided in MP4 video format so that the user can load these into a new platform if desired. Also all analytics can be downloaded via .CSV file.
- End-of-contract process
- At contract end the platform and content will remain and store data up to 3 months whilst data is being extracted from the platform. However the client will not be able to run any live webcasts as the contract has ended.
Using the service
- Web browser interface
- Yes
- Supported browsers
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- 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
- Mobile experience is optimised based on the screen size and OS - No app to install operates through the mobile devices native browser.
- Service interface
- Yes
- Description of service interface
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Ordering Managed Services, Online Order Form: http://events.arkadin.com/uk/order-event.php
Webcasting / Webinars: If subscription based webcasting is purchased then a login to that platform to access the features is required. - Accessibility standards
- None or don’t know
- Description of accessibility
- Via a web browser
- Accessibility testing
- Not aware. Please request if more information is require as each technology has it's own testing criteria and processes.
- API
- Yes
- What users can and can't do using the API
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API platform integration with CRM systems, includes SAML for single sign on authentication (SAML 2.0).
We support seamless registration (POST/GET) and XML Feed. - API documentation
- Yes
- API documentation formats
- API sandbox or test environment
- Yes
- Customisation available
- Yes
- Description of customisation
- Webcast experience (registration of webcast, emails, console, presentation) can be customised with specific graphics, texts, fonts, and engagement options (polls, Q&A, surveys). Arkadin's Event Project Managers work with our clients to design, test and implement the customised user experience.
Scaling
- Independence of resources
- All webcast and webinar services are supported by multiple tier 1 CDN carriers in every geographical region with unlimited capacity if required. Any event with over 10,000 attendees we should be notified. All Managed Audio Events must comply with our SLA and ordering process. Furthermore, we have been delivering managed events for the past 15 years to organisations worldwide and partner with the industry's leading webcasting providers.
Analytics
- Service usage metrics
- Yes
- Metrics types
- Arkadin's webcasting partners allow clients to download key data metrics captured during the event. For example, how responsive the audience has been throughout the presentation i.e. how many clicked on the resources section or participated in polls / surveys.
- Reporting types
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- 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
- ON24 Inxpo/West Kollective Hive Adobe Webex BlueJeans Events Microsoft
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Asset protection
- Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Data storage and processing locations
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- European Economic Area (EEA)
- EU-US Privacy Shield agreement locations
- 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
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- Physical access control, complying with another standard
- Encryption of all physical media
- 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
- The standard export methodology use MP4 format. Other assets can be exported by using the browser capabilities.
- Data export formats
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- CSV
- Other
- Other data export formats
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- Video
- MP4
- API
- Data import formats
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- CSV
- Other
- Other data import formats
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- MP4
- PPT
- API
Data-in-transit protection
- Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
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- Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
- Other
- Other protection between networks
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ON24 provides data at rest encryption, encryption in transit and all backups are encrypted using industry standard and solutions provided by equipment vendors. These solutions use AES 1024/2048-bit keys, meet FIPS 140-2 Level II requirements and use fully integrated and simplified key management.
All data in transit is secured using 2048-bit SSL certificates issues by a trusted CA(Network Solutions).
ON24 uses two factor authentication from DUO-SECURITY for our VPN users. - Data protection within supplier network
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- Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
- Other
- Other protection within supplier network
-
ON24 provides data at rest encryption, encryption in transit and all backups are encrypted using industry standard and solutions provided by equipment vendors. These solutions use AES 1024/2048-bit keys, meet FIPS 140-2 Level II requirements and use fully integrated and simplified key management.
All data in transit is secured using 2048-bit SSL certificates issues by a trusted CA(Network Solutions).
ON24 uses two factor authentication from DUO-SECURITY for our VPN users.
Availability and resilience
- Guaranteed availability
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Service Availability is measured on a monthly basis, and is based on Arkadin service availability. Availability is calculated as a percentage based on agreed service uptime and downtime.
Monthly Service Availability is equal or higher than 99.9%
Exclusions:
- For webcast Events, the incidents where the causes are not attributed to Arkadin’s webcast technology partners
If a failed Event occurs (severity 1 case only), Client will qualify for a credit equal to the value of the charge of the Event, but not including any third party / Partners / telecom expenses that Arkadin or Client incurred with respect to the Event. The credit shall be available to Client exclusively for use on another Event of Client’s choice, and Arkadin shall have no obligation to refund the value of any credit to Client. - Approach to resilience
- Arkadin's webcasting partners have resilient data centre set-ups on a N+1 configuration. Further information is available on request.
- Outage reporting
- Outages can be reported by email alerts and public dashboard.
Identity and authentication
- User authentication needed
- No
- Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
- Depends on the required authentication by the buyer SSO, federation etc.
- Access restriction testing frequency
- At least once a year
- Management access authentication
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- Username or password
- Other
- Description of management access authentication
- We can discuss during a project meeting to find out the best solution for the UK government.
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
- User-defined
- Access to supplier activity audit information
- Users have access to real-time audit information
- How long supplier audit data is stored for
- At least 12 months
- How long system logs are stored for
- User-defined
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Security governance
- Named board-level person responsible for service security
- Yes
- Security governance certified
- No
- Security governance approach
- Corporate Security and Compliance is of utmost importance at Arkadin. As part of the NTT Group, number 1 global telecommunications organisation, we adhere to strict protocols and processes set by our parent organisation. In addition, it is the responsibility of our Corporate Security team and governance committee to ensure our employees adhere to internal processes e.g. password protection.
- Information security policies and processes
- Arkadin follow best practice from ISO27001 accreditation. Corporate Security and Compliance is of utmost importance at Arkadin. As part of the NTT Group, number 1 global telecommunications organisation, we adhere to strict protocols and processes set by our parent organisation. In addition, it is the responsibility of our Corporate Security team and governance committee to ensure our employees adhere to internal processes e.g. password protection.
Operational security
- Configuration and change management standard
- Supplier-defined controls
- Configuration and change management approach
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The following components are tracked and assessed:
1. Release Overview
2. Release Group members
3. New or updated hardware requirements
4. Weblogic Configuration changes and dependencies
5. DB changes, descriptions and rollback requirements
6. Staticroot changes by modules and dependencies on WL code and DB changes
7. Appgen changes
8. Servers Deployment Order and RODB traffic changes
9. Release Time Table
10. Contact/Escalation Process in case of problems.
11. Rollback Plan
All changes are tracked in our Change Management system and formally reviewed by our Change Advisory Board before implementation. - Vulnerability management type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Vulnerability management approach
- We run Qualys vulnerability testing on a monthly basis or following a platform release. Patches are deployed on severity basis.
- Protective monitoring type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Protective monitoring approach
- Platforms have a large number of systems and technologies which provide the infrastructure layer of each for 24x7 availability. It is very important for providers to continuously monitor for any anomalies in the computing environment and alert the Operations team proactively. The monitoring efforts include vulnerability monitoring, application monitoring and threat monitoring. A number of systems are used to monitor the various technologies involved.
- Incident management type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Incident management approach
- Specific procedures vary depending on the type of incident. Users report incidents by raising a ticket or contacting their dedicated Account Manager/Customer Success Manager directly. Incident reports are provided upon request in Excel or PDF format. During a live event, an Event Project Manager will be on-call to rectify any issues.
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
- £300.00 to £85,000.00 a unit
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
- Free trial available
- Yes
- Description of free trial
-
Bespoke to service ordered from Arkadin;
- Two week platform access to an Arkadin Webcasting Platform
- 30 min 5 participants for managed Audio Calls
- Free non branded webinar demo with Web Events and Webcasts (no live participants) - Link to free trial
- https://event.on24.com/view/wcc/trialaccount/channel/arkadinemea/index.html