Partners and Certifications

Our partnerships give you the freedom to create digital services using best-of-breed products, without needing to oversee multiple suppliers. Through a single service desk, MDS can establish, manage and support your use of these market-leading capabilities, all of which have been carefully selected to meet our stringent quality and security standards.

UKCloud provides a true public cloud for the exclusive use of UK Public Sector organisations. They are dedicated to helping customers gain value from the agility and cost savings of using a sovereign, assured cloud platform. Supporting both cloud native and enterprise applications – based on VMware, OpenStack and Oracle stacks – the platform is used extensively to host both citizen web applications, and internal facing applications only available through secure government networks. As one of its largest partners, MDS Technologies is uniquely positioned to offer unrivalled value, expertise and service quality.

Ark Data Centres: Through a long-standing relationship with Ark Data Centres, we are able to offer unparalleled expertise in its state-of-the-art campuses. This means you can benefit from the lowest data centre total cost of ownership in the UK. It also enables us to provide co-location and managed hosting services from the same locations as UKCloud’s market-leading cloud platform, thereby facilitating rapid, secure links and transitions between the two.

Assuria: We use Assuria’s award-winning security information and event management (SIEM) products, including Log Manager, to offer protective monitoring for the services we look after. Assuria provides trusted software solutions and managed security services (MSS) that power Security Operations Centres (SOCs), IT Protective Monitoring services and IT Assurance services worldwide.

Computer Network Defence (CND): CND offer specialist security services, including consultancy and Professional Services plus a range of vulnerability, assessment, incident-response and monitoring services.

Deep-Secure: Deep-Secure builds robust cybersecurity tools to protect your organisation and information. As a delivery and management partner, MDS will help you select the right products and configure them for your environment. We can also provide round-the-clock support and on-going maintenance, so you know you’re always protected.

Thales: MDS offers fully managed connectivity between the Public Services Network (PSN) and the internet, using Thales’ Government-accredited link. We can help you meet the connection requirements and we offer a 24-hour service desk to support anyone using the service.

ISO/IEC 27001:2013 – Information Security Management:
Our Information Security Management System is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2013 by LRQA, a UKAS-accredited organisation, certificate number LRQ 4008547.

 

Cyber Essentials PLUS – Cyber security: Our IT defenses were assessed to meet the Cyber Essentials Requirements by SureCloud Ltd, certificate number 6365556175354691.

BS EN ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management:
Our Quality Management System is certified to ISO 9001: 2015 by LRQA, a UKAS-accredited organisation.

BS EN ISO 14001:2004 – Environmental Management: Our Environmental Management System is certified to BS EN ISO 14001:2004 by CQS Ltd, certificate number EM2000392.

BS ISO45001: 2018 – Occupational Health and Safety Management: Our Occupational Health and Safety Management System is certified to BS ISO45001:2018 by CQS Ltd, certificate number HS230132.