Vulnerability Assessment Services

Attackers do not need to be inventive. Most successful breaches begin with a known weakness that simply went unpatched, unreviewed or unnoticed. A vulnerability assessment gives you a current, evidenced picture of those weaknesses across your estate, combining enterprise-grade automated scanning with consultant-led manual analysis.

Typical drivers we see include client security questionnaires, insurer requirements, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials evidence, PCI DSS obligations, and simply a leadership team that wants to know where it stands before something goes wrong.

• Network infrastructure, server and endpoint scanning
• Web application and REST API security assessment
• Database and operating system configuration review
• Patch and software lifecycle gap analysis
• Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS and Google Cloud posture review
• Firewall, VPN and remote access configuration audit
• Wireless network discovery and rogue device identification

Each finding is recorded with its location, the technical detail, the business consequence if exploited, and a specific remediation step, so the report can be handed to a developer, an IT provider or an auditor without further interpretation. Where a finding is a false positive we say so and explain why, because noise in a report quietly erodes trust in the whole exercise. A debrief call follows every assessment, and a free retest confirms that the fixes you have made are genuinely live.

A structured engagement aligned with CHECK, CREST, PTES and NIST SP 800-115, delivered by UK-based certified consultants.

1. 01

   Phase 1, Scoping & Reconnaissance

   we agree the scope in writing, confirm the asset inventory, review network topology, arrange the access and credentials needed for authenticated scanning, and sign off the rules of engagement.

2. 02

   Phase 2, Scanning & Analysis

   automated scans and manual testing across all in-scope systems, with every automated result validated, de-duplicated, enriched with context and scored by severity and business impact.

3. 03

   Phase 3, Reporting & Remediation Support

   technical report, executive summary, a prioritised remediation roadmap with effort estimates, and a debrief call with your team to talk through the findings.

Critical and high findings are alerted to you within 48 hours of discovery rather than held to the end of the engagement, so the most serious issues can be addressed immediately. Everything is delivered under NDA, with no production data retained after the assessment.

If your question is not covered here, a consultant will answer it directly, with no sales script.

How long does an assessment take? Most single-estate assessments complete within two to five working days, depending on the number of hosts, applications and sites in scope. Larger or multi-site estates are broken into phases so findings reach you as they land rather than waiting for one report at the end.

Will scanning disrupt our systems? Authenticated scanning is scheduled with you, run within agreed windows and rate-limited to protect fragile services. Where a legacy system cannot tolerate scanning, we agree an alternative approach in writing during scoping rather than putting your operations at risk.

What is the difference between an assessment and a penetration test? An assessment looks broadly for known weaknesses across the estate and prioritises them. A penetration test deliberately chains weaknesses together to establish what an attacker could actually achieve. Assessment is the wider sweep, testing is the deeper proof, and many clients start with one before moving to the other.

How quickly are critical findings shared? Critical and high findings are alerted to you within 48 hours of discovery with a short written summary, so the most serious issues can be fixed while the rest of the report is being prepared.

Is a retest included? It can be, and we recommend it whenever critical or high findings are raised. A retest confirms the fixes are live and gives you evidence for auditors, insurers and clients at a fraction of the cost of the initial assessment.