Penetration testing
Authorised testing of systems, networks and applications to identify vulnerabilities that are genuinely exploitable, not merely theoretical.
Cybersecurity
Defend the estate you actually run
Protecting computers, networks, applications, cloud systems, devices and data from unauthorised access, attack, disruption and theft — combining computer science, networking, cryptography, artificial intelligence and risk management.
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security monitoring and incident response
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specialised domains, from network to AI security
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services from penetration testing to managed SOC
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major clouds secured — AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
Capabilities
What we actually do here
The named things you can buy, scoped so you know what arrives.
Vulnerability assessment
Weaknesses found across your technology infrastructure and prioritised by risk, so remediation effort goes where it changes the exposure.
Security monitoring
Continuous monitoring for suspicious activity and potential attacks, tuned to your environment rather than a vendor default.
Incident response
Containment, investigation and recovery when an attack lands, with a plan rehearsed before you need it.
Security audits
Evaluation of existing controls against the standards you are held to, with a prioritised list of what to fix first.
Managed security services
Ongoing monitoring and protection for organisations without a large internal security team, run as a service with agreed response times.
Cloud security
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments hardened, monitored and reviewed against the configuration drift that causes most exposure.
Application security
Applications and APIs tested for vulnerabilities, with findings routed to the development teams that can close them.
Employee security training
Practical training that teaches staff to recognise phishing, social engineering and the attacks that reach them first.
Digital forensics
Investigation of compromised systems to establish how an attack occurred and what information was actually affected.
Security consulting
Cybersecurity strategy, architecture, policy and risk-management frameworks designed for the organisation you have.
AI-powered threat detection
Machine learning that analyses security data at volume, flags unusual behaviour, prioritises vulnerabilities and assists analysts during response.
The work
What security teams actually do
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Detect and monitor
Continuous analysis of network traffic, system logs and user activity to identify suspicious behaviour before it becomes an incident.
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Test before attackers do
Authorised penetration testing and vulnerability assessment across software, infrastructure, applications and configuration, so weaknesses are found on your terms.
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Design the defence
Security architecture — firewalls, encryption, identity and access management, endpoint protection, segmentation and secure cloud — with the policies that keep it honest.
Domains
Ten areas, one operating picture
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Infrastructure
Network security, endpoint security and cloud security: protecting networks, servers, devices and the cloud infrastructure, databases and storage your business runs on.
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Applications & data
Application security across websites, mobile apps and APIs, identity and access management scoped to least privilege, and data security through encryption, access control and monitoring.
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Operations & assurance
Security operations and incident response, digital forensics, governance, risk and compliance — and AI security, protecting models from manipulation, data leakage and misuse.
The business case
Book a security assessment
What you get out of it
- An AI-powered Security Operations Centre that analyses logs, detects suspicious behaviour, investigates alerts and assists your analysts instead of drowning them.
- Automated vulnerability management that scans continuously, ranks findings by real risk and recommends remediation.
- Cloud, application and identity security handled as one programme rather than three disconnected projects.
- AI security for the models and agents you are putting into production, covering manipulation, data leakage and misuse.
- A choice of engagement model — consulting and testing as a service, or a subscription platform your team runs day to day.
Proof
Delivered with this practice
Manufacturing
Cybersecurity
Global Manufacturer Turns a 14,000-Item Vulnerability Backlog into a Working Queue
The scanning was never the problem. Ranking findings by exposure rather than by severity score made the backlog finite.
Life Sciences
Cybersecurity
Life Sciences Group Puts Its First Production AI Agents Through an Identity Review
A penetration test showed that a supplier document uploaded by anyone could steer an agent with authority to act.
Also from IDA
Other practices
Ready to see what this looks like on your landscape?
Start with a penetration test or a vulnerability assessment. You get a prioritised, evidence-backed picture of your exposure — whether or not you continue with us.