Not all penetration tests are the same. The types of penetration testing differ along two axes: how much the tester knows about your systems in advance (black, white, or grey box) and what part of your environment is in scope (a web app, an API, the network perimeter, and so on). Getting these right is what makes a...
Application Security
Articles, guides and tutorials on application security, covering vulnerability assessment, secure coding practices and protecting web and mobile applications.
The OWASP Top 10 is the most widely referenced list of web application security risks, published by the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) , a respected non-profit. It is written for security professionals, but the risks it describes have direct business consequences: data breaches, downtime, fines,...
ICO enforcement action against UK organisations rose sharply in 2024 and 2025, with fines totalling over £12 million across the two years for failures in technical security measures. The pattern in ICO enforcement notices is consistent: organisations that suffered a breach and could not demonstrate that they had...
Searches for penetration testing services in the UK grew by over 35% between 2023 and 2025, driven by a combination of ransomware incidents, tightening regulatory obligations, and a wave of insurance underwriters demanding evidence of active security testing before issuing cyber policies. Despite that demand, there is...
A website security audit is a structured assessment that identifies vulnerabilities in your web presence before an attacker finds and exploits them. For UK businesses in 2026, this is not a theoretical concern. The DSIT/NCSC Cyber Security Breaches Survey reported that over 50% of medium-sized UK businesses experienced...