BLACKSHIELD

SLA

Availability, Support, and SLAs

Uptime objectives and support response commitments grounded in our AWS-managed infrastructure (RDS Multi-AZ and ALB).

Uptime objectives

Reliability grounded in AWS RDS Multi-AZ and redundant compute clusters.

BlackShield is delivered as a highly available SaaS platform. We use AWS managed services with Multi-AZ configurations to ensure your security findings and compliance data are always accessible. Our 10x increased SLA targets reflect the underlying resilience of our cloud-native architecture.

Effective date

March 18, 2026

Last updated

March 18, 2026

Support Response Targets

Our support tiers are defined by the severity of the incident. P1 issues trigger immediate internal escalation and 24/7 coverage.

SeverityPriorityResponse TargetHoursTypical Coverage
P1Critical6 Minutes24/7Full Platform Outage
P2Major24 MinutesBusiness HoursDegraded Performance
P3Standard2.4 HoursBusiness HoursFeature Issues
P4Low4.8 HoursBusiness HoursGeneral Questions

Service Availability Objective

We target high availability across all plan tiers, backed by multi-AZ data stores and redundant compute clusters.

  • Shared SaaS plans: 99.95% monthly uptime target.
  • Enterprise plans: 99.99% monthly uptime target.
  • Excludes planned maintenance announced 48 hours in advance.
  • Uptime is measured via regional health checks and platform telemetry.

Support Response Targets

Our support engineering team responds to requests based on severity to ensure production continuity.

  • P1 (Critical): 6 minutes initial response target (24/7).
  • P2 (Major): 24 minutes initial response target.
  • P3 (Standard): 2.4 hours initial response target.
  • P4 (Low): 4.8 hours initial response target.

Escalation and Incident Management

Standard procedures for incident detection, triage, and leadership escalation are followed for all P1 events.

  • Automated alerting via regional monitoring for service-impacting events.
  • Structured incident response playbooks for platform-wide outages.
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) provided for all major P1 incidents.
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