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ITSUS CONSULTING

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SPECIALIST CLOUD SERVICES

ITSUS is a specialist network consultancy which delivers that crucial combination of

security and efficiency, both expertly and cost-effectively, to clients in the most demanding

environments. Its highly-experienced and agile team designs, integrates, tests and

implements innovative and tailored network solutions for defence and government.

Offering its own expertise, and working with top-name technology partners, ITSUS delivers

very specific answers to the hardest network communications questions posed by industry

and government. In doing so it builds confidence and trust among those whose networks

can’t afford to fail.

Our consultants are passionate about cloud technology and communicate to non-technical

business leaders the role and value of the cloud, driving the business case for technology

investment. We inspire and support your technical team as they embrace innovative cloud

technologies to deliver mobility, collaboration, real time video, network security and service

management tools.

With an acute awareness of business processes, legal and regulatory governance structures;

ITSUS consultants undertake stakeholder engagement across key business units, ensuring

the adoption of cloud technologies appropriate to the business context. Our recommended

approach to the delivery of our services is through a 5 day initial engagement activity.

Our consultants have significant industry experience and possess a high level of professional

and academic qualifications in addition to government SC/DV clearance. All deliverables are

aligned with your format; maximising efficiency.

Section 1 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

VENDOR & INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ASSURANCE

ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

SECURITY & INFORMATION RISK ADVISOR SERVICES

CYBER TEST STRATEGY SERVICES

CLOUD TEST STRATEGY SERVICES

CASE STUDY – SOUTH WALES FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE

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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

ITSUS has developed a firm reputation for

innovation and thought leadership within the

communications network industry. This stems

from its culture of imaginative thinking at every

level demonstrated by its pioneering projects

with the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) and

the C4ISTAR Information Infrastructure Services

(CSIIS) consortia.

Strong academic ties with the University of South

Wales (USW) and Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT) allow ITSUS consultants to take

on the most technical challenges facing

the industry.

Supported by Welsh Government, Knowledge

Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) and the Technology

Strategy Board (TSB), our expert consultants

consistently apply original thinking to the delivery

of advanced services in the areas of cyber security,

system integration, test and evaluation.

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VENDOR & INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

ITSUS’ consistent success is based not just on the

calibre of its people but also on the wide range of

prestigious partnerships the firm has forged.

This includes technology partnerships with

developers of the highest quality hardware and

software, providing ready access to the most

advanced products on the market to support the

solutions devised by ITSUS consultants.

ITSUS are proud to work with trusted specialist

partners, Hex Security Limited and HYTSIO ABOA

Limited, to deliver bespoke solutions to meet our

clients exacting needs.

Additionally, ITSUS are among only a handful of

consultancies to enjoy a brand relationship with

QinetiQ, who are trusted advisers to the UK Ministry

of Defence; ITSUS also has strong relationships with

Cisco and Spirent as both licensed suppliers and

supporters of their highly-respected product ranges.

The capabilities of ITSUS’ consultants are also

recognised by the CGI Group. Our partnership, via

CGI’s SME Accelerate programme, utilises ITSUS’

expertise and agility to deliver solutions to CGI’s

world renowned clients.

The credentials of the ITSUS team are underlined

by the fact that the firm has been appointed by

the MoD to its latest Framework Agreement for

Technical Support (FATS4).

ITSUS is actively involved in Niteworks, a

partnership between the MoD, the Defence Science

and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and industry,

which works to enhance military capability through

collaboration.

This close involvement at the heart of military

innovation is further extended by ITSUS’

membership of The Edge UK; an initiative created

by leading defence contractor General Dynamics to

bring Britain’s most progressive enterprises together

to support the MoD’s innovation strategy.

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NETWORK ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

ITSUS are all-to aware that a coherent network design involving

cloud infrastructure is difficult to get right and costly to get

wrong. The realisation of the technical architecture requires

a complex mixture of equipment, technologies and protocols;

all aligned with the business needs for growth, availability and

flexibility in the ever changing business landscape. Through

collaborative stakeholder engagement with the core project

team, ITSUS identify and managing technical risks, adhere

to strong engineering principles and manage a multiplicity

of complex technical options to deliver the systems logical

network architecture. The logical network architecture

will satisfy the requirements for scalability, resilience, and

performance demanded by the application and users whilst

balancing the financial consideration of equipment or service

purchase, support and associated through life cost.

Through expert equipment knowledge and guided by industry

best practices the network architecture will identify the key

components of the system, define the required protocol

support and approaches to implementation. The logical

architecture will also identify the required approach to change

management enabling future network growth.

A key architectural consideration will be to minimise the

impact on the organisation and facilitate a smooth transition

from implementation to operational support. A collaborative

approach will be used to identify potential shortfalls in process

or procedures early on allowing the business time to adapt.

ITSUS will present the architecture to communicate the rational

behind design decisions, benefits to the business and delivery

against the project goals to obtain customer commitment prior

to implementation.

The above pricing excludes VAT. On request, we can assess your specific circumstances and provide a price for any combination of services. Our recommended approach to the delivery of our services is through a 5 day initial engagement activity. A discount is applied for projects of duration greater than 120 days. Please refer to our Pricing Information & SFIA Rate Card for further details.

Our consultants can help you plan, design and deliver;

• Strategy and Policy • Hybrid Cloud Design • Architectural Vision • High Level Designs • Low Level Designs • Data Centre Networks • Technology Roadmaps • WAN Connectivity • Network Orchestration • Routing & Switching Design • Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Design

• Infrastructure Integration • Cloud Access Technologies • System Interoperability • Wireless Access Solutions to

support BYOD/CYOD

Delivery of ITSUS Consulting’s Network Architecture Services will result in the following benefits for your organisation:

• Identification and delivery of innovative network solutions to enable the migration to cloud services

• Coherent architectures aligned with the IT strategy driving interoperability

• Reduction of risk through managing and maintaining complexity and analysing the impact of changes

• Ability to leverage cloud services to deliver business agility and cost savings

• Best practices modular design resulting in design once, design well and re-use

• Use of SC/DV cleared Subject Matter Experts

• This service is delivered in part by our trusted partners HYTSIO ABOA Limited

SFIA Level SFIA Responsibility Role Network Architecture Services 2 Assist Consultant £640 4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 6 Initiate/ Influence Managing Consultant £1,050

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INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

ITSUS’ infrastructure architects will work with you to define

a high level infrastructure design, addressing the IT needs of

your organisation as it transitions to cloud hosted services.

We will identify a vendor agnostic approach applicable to your

environment to enable your business to realise its IT strategy.

ITSUS consultants have experience of working on infrastructure

projects within the public and private sectors including hosted

and cloud environments.

Whether a public, private or hybrid cloud approach, the

infrastructure architect will apply best practice design principles

to develop modular scalable architectures to enable your

business to grow. ITSUS can help you to avoid the growing pains

commonly associated with significant infrastructure changes.

Our consultants can help you plan, design and deliver;

• Strategy and Policy • Hybrid Cloud Design • Architectural Vision • High Level Designs • Low Level Designs

• Cloud Virtualisation Technologies • Cloud Management Solutions

- NMS, MDM, orchestration, automation, wireless, security • Cloud Unified Communications

services

• Directory Services (AD) • Open Source Software

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Server Infrastructure/Data Centre

Services

• Infrastructure Security • Data Centre Networks

• Software Defined Networking (SDN)

• Network Function Virtualisation (NFV)

• Network Integration

Delivery of ITSUS Consulting’s Infrastructure Architecture

Services will result in the following benefits for your organisation:

• Identification and delivery of innovative infrastructure solutions to enable the migration to cloud services

• Coherent architectures within the organisations IT strategy

driving integrity

• Reduction of risk through managing and maintaining complexity and analysing the impact of changes

• Ability to leverage cloud services to deliver business agility and cost savings

• Best practices modular design resulting in design once, design well and re-use

• This service is delivered in part by our trusted partners HYTSIO ABOA Limited

SFIA Level SFIA Responsibility Role Infrastructure Architecture Services 2 Assist Consultant £640 4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 6 Initiate/ Influence Managing Consultant £1,050

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ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ASSURANCE

ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

The cloud is extending the traditional enterprise architecture,

offering additional services and resources that can be quickly

deployed and easily scaled. There are numerous of benefits,

including, OPerational EXpenditure (OPEX) versus CAPital

EXpenditure (CAPEX) and the ability to choose from an

extensive set of services to meet an organisations needs.

However, this diverse range of offerings can often result in

a complex set of services across a number boundaries

and suppliers.

The security of an integrated cloud service architecture needs

to be closely managed and controlled to ensure that it delivers

both the business and security benefits. We offer a range of

cloud security architecture and design services to help ensure

that this is achieved.

Our consultants can help you plan, design and deliver:

• Security Architecture and Design • Secure Configuration

• Architecture Reviews

• Enterprise Security Direction • Architecture Integration Services • Conceptual Architecture Models • Security Transformation and

Optimisation

• Security Assurance and Testing • Secure Mobility Design

• Cloud Security Architect Training

Delivery of ITSUS Consulting’s Enterprise Information Assurance Architecture Services will result in the following benefits for your organisation:

• Extensive knowledge and experience of cloud security architectures and service design for G-Cloud providers, ISVs, system integrators and customers • Successfully managed

highly complex cloud service deployments across a range of organisations, technologies and service providers ensure consistent application of required security controls

• Close relationships with a diverse range of cloud service providers, customers, suppliers, and system integrators to understand how to deliver secure enterprise cloud services

• Technical expertise in deploying security technologies across public, private, community and hybrid cloud deployments

• Deep technical understanding of how to design a cloud ecosystem that operates security and efficiently across the cloud stack using defined patterns

• This service is delivered in part by our trusted partners Hex Security Limited

SFIA Level SFIA Responsibility Role Enterprise IA Architecture Services 2 Assist Consultant £640 4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 6 Initiate/ Influence Managing Consultant £1,050

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SECURITY & INFORMATION

RISK ADVISOR SERVICES

UK Central Government departments are now mandated to

consider “cloud-first” in any IT procurement and the wider

public sector is strongly recommended to take the same

approach. This formal “cloud-first” policy is to drive wider

adoption of cloud computing within the public sector to

provide a quicker, cheaper and more competitive way to buy

government ICT. Cloud services should be considered and fully

evaluated before departments consider any other option.

Departments can choose alternatives if they can demonstrate

that it offers better value for money.

From a security perspective cloud-based defences can benefit

from more robust, scalable and cost-effective security controls,

while offering significant potential to improve overall security

and resilience through focused security investment, data

dispersion and economies of security scale. The Government

ICT Strategy enforces the shift toward cloud computing,

recognising that solutions must balance the business needs

with the growing security threat and need to handle sensitive

information in a secure and effective manner. The transition

to cloud-based services is not without challenges and risks.

Organisations must understand where they can maximise the

benefits and minimise the associated impacts. ITSUS work

closely with organisations to determine their business goals

and offer a range of IA services to help them safely transition

and use cloud-based services.

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Role Security & Information Risk Advisor Services 2 Assist Consultant £640 4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 6 Initiate/ Influence Managing Consultant £1,050

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• Cloud Security and Accreditation Support

• Security Strategy Development • ISO/IEC 27001 Certification

Support

• Governance and Compliance • Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) • Threat and Risk Assessment • Risk Management and

Accreditation Document Set (RMADS)

• Vulnerability Analysis • ITSHC Planning

• Assurance and Evaluation Management

• Protective Monitoring Analysis

• Audit and Remediation Programme Management

• Security Processes and Procedures • Security Requirements Capture • Enterprise Security Architecture • Code of Connection Compliance • Data Centre Security

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• Incident and Forensic Readiness • Security Awareness and Training

Delivery of ITSUS Consulting’s Security and Information Risk Advisor Services will result in the following benefits for your organisation:

• Real experience and success in achieving G-Cloud and PSN Accreditation

• Over 20 years’ experience managing certification and accreditation across a range of industries including central and local Government, and MOD including HMG departments adopting G-Cloud services

• Extensive experience of producing, maintaining and reviewing Risk Management and Accreditation Document Sets (RMADS)

• CLAS and Lead CESG Certified Professionals with practical experience of the HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF),

HMG Information Assurance Standards (ISs), MOD Joint Service Publications (JSPs), CESG Good Practice Guides (GPGs), Architectural Patterns, IAMM and CPNI guidance

• Help organisations transition from the Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS) to the new Government Security Classification Policy (GSCP) • Use of SC/DV cleared Subject

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CYBER TEST STRATEGY SERVICES

Cloud technologies are becoming highly integrated in to the

business environment and are revolutionising how we operate,

communicate and do business. The execution of a cyber test

strategy will enable your organisation to maximise the benefits

of cloud services whilst mitigating the new and significant

vulnerabilities it presents.

ITSUS Cyber Test Strategy service details the objectives,

methods, technologies and schedule required to effectively

validate your security architecture when utilising cloud

technologies to deliver critical services. Whether services are run

on a public, hybrid or private cloud, The execution of the test

strategy will verify the security posture of the services.

ITSUS have vast experience in testing; public facing banking

applications, multinational Cyber Security Operation Centre’s

(CSOC), network forensics, logging solutions and the integration

and test of sensors with hosted Security Information and Event

Management (SIEM) systems.

• Testing Information Security Policies Processes and Procedures • Digital Forensics

• Network Forensics

• Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM) • Penetration Testing • IT Health Check

• Application Layer Testing • Identity Lifecycle

• Next Generation Virtualised Firewall Auditing

Delivery of ITSUS Consulting’s Cyber Test Strategy Services will result in the following benefits for your organisation:

• Validation of the security of cloud services

• Reduced risk when migrating to a cloud solution

• Confidence that a cloud solution has been tested by experts • Consultants with experience

across multiple business impact levels

• Rapid proof of concepts enabling you to evaluate your cloud options reducing the risk of project failure • Provide expert analysis of test

results

• Provide expert advice on “next steps” post testing

• Provide innovative testing

solutions to evaluate single/multi system concepts

Role Cyber Test & Evaluation Services 2 Assist Consultant £640 4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 6 Initiate/ Influence Managing Consultant £1,050

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CLOUD TEST STRATEGY SERVICES

ITSUS team of experienced cloud test consultants have the

depth of knowledge and experience to Verify, Validate & Test

(VV&T) your system and its dependencies. ITSUS consultants

use key life cycle testing methodologies such as PASS

(Performance, Availability, Scalability and Security) to assess

the needs of the customer in realised and non-realised forms.

From performance and load testing of new applications to

migration planning and trials, ITSUS have vast experience

in the delivery of cloud test strategies addressing Quality of

Experience (QoE) and adherence to Service Level Agreements

(SLAs). Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics are captured

with the customer and then transposed into meaningful

requirements allowing the production of innovative test plans

to fully validate your system and its design.

• Proof Of Concept • Regression Testing • Test Automation

• Application Layer Testing • Performance Testing • System Field Trial Support • System Acceptance Testing • Test Readiness Reviews • System Validation and

Characterisation • Migration Planning

Delivery of ITSUS Consulting’s Cloud Test Strategy Services will result in the following benefits for your organisation:

• Validation of the performance and functionality of cloud services • Reduced risk when migrating to a

cloud solution

• Confidence that a cloud solution has been tested by experts • Consultants with experience

across multiple business impact levels

• Rapid proof of concepts enabling you to evaluate your cloud options reducing the risk of project failure

• Provide expert analysis of test results

• Provide expert advice on “next steps” post testing

• Provide innovative testing

solutions to evaluate single/multi system concepts

• Generation of testing plans covering customer centric KPI’s • Use of SC/DV cleared Subject

Matter Experts

Role Cloud Test & Evaluation Services 2 Assist Consultant £640 4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 6 Initiate/ Influence Managing Consultant £1,050

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CASE STUDY

The challenge

SWFRS data centre architecture comprised

a switching infrastructure approaching

obsolescence. SWFRS identified that

improved resilience and capacity were necessary

and procured Cisco Nexus switches to facilitate

their requirements. The initial engagement under

this contract saw ITSUS supporting SWFRS on their

purchase of new Cisco Nexus switching hardware via

a bespoke design and training course delivered at

the customer site.

The solution

ITSUS was employed to design and advise on

implementing modern Data Centre architecture

best practices and considerations to facilitate a

seamless migration of Catalyst based hardware to

a new Nexus environment. ITSUS and the customer

worked together to accommodate legacy systems

and improve on the current virtualised environment

by increasing bandwidth resulting in enhanced user

experience. This significantly increased resilience

and disaster recovery to the business critical

infrastructure. Design decisions were made to

optimise the current virtual environment and uplinks

to external networks such as the Public Sector

Broadband Aggregation (PSBA) network.

The outcome

On completion of the knowledge transfer the

SWFRS team went on to successfully migrate to

a modern data centre infrastructure. ITSUS has

enabled it’s customer to effectively future proof

their systems allowing easy adoption of cloud based

applications and unified communications suites.

SWFRS now implement a modern virtualised data

centre environment with a fully meshed and resilient

network infrastructure fit for growth and delivery of

business critical operations.

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SFIA Level SFIA Responsibility Role Network Architecture Services Day Rate (£) Infrastructure Architecture Services Day Rate (£) Enterprise Information Assurance Architecture Services Day Rate (£)

Security & Information Risk Advisor Services

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Cloud Test Strategy Services Day Rate (£)

Cyber Test Strategy Services Day Rate (£)

2 Assist Consultant £640 £640 £640 £640 £640 £640

4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 £895 £895 £895 £895 £895 6 Initiate/Influence Managing Consultant £1,050 £1,050 £1,050 £1,050 £1,050 £1,050

RATE CARD

• Rates – The applied rates are exclusive of reasonable T&S and VAT. • Discounted Rates – For the 1st_{120 days on task, no discount is applied.}

If on the same project, a further 120 days is requested, a 2.5% discount is applied to these additional 120 days. The discount can be applied to all services.

• Consultant’s Working Day – 8 hours exclusive of travel and lunch. • Working Week – Monday to Friday (excluding national holidays). • Standard Office Hours – 09:00 – 17:30 (Monday to Fridays, excluding

national holidays).

• Initial Engagement Service – ITSUS recommend a 5 day initial engagement service to assist the customer in scoping and planning activities.

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SFIA Level SFIA Responsibility Role 0 - 120 Days 121 – 240 Days 241+ Days

2 Assist Consultant £640 £624 £608

4 Enable Principal Consultant £895 £873 £850.25 6 Initiate/Influence Managing Consultant £1,050 £1024 £997.50

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