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HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND

Contract for System Penetration Testing

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£50k
Deadline7 Dec 2017
Published17 Dec 2017
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 17 Dec 2017ClosedCloses 7 Dec 2017
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£50ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

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The brief

HEFCE is procuring a third party to conduct penetration testing - since the organisation will be creating an interim website in January, making changes to the Hybrid Exchange Server and ADFS in January, creating a new website and intranet in April building a Provider Portal as part of the Dynamics CRM implementation.

All of these are potentially externally facing and will need to be subject to Penetration testing to ensure that they are secure.

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All of these are potentially externally facing

All of these are potentially externally facing and will need to be subject to Penetration testing to ensure that they are secure.

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Stage
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