Penetration Testing for UK Food and Agriculture
CREST-accredited penetration testing for UK food and drink manufacturers, agri-tech vendors, farming and agribusiness operators, and food supply chain and logistics firms. Evidence for UK GDPR Article 32 and retailer or auditor due diligence, across farm data platforms, traceability systems, supplier portals and cold-chain telemetry. Provenance-integrity focused.
- Unlimited retesting
- Unlimited pre-retesting
- No hidden fees
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systems make up most food and agriculture estates we test: farm data platforms, traceability platforms and supplier portals, each with its own provenance, cold-chain and IP-protection boundaries to check.
What UK GDPR, Retailers & Auditors Expect
UK GDPR Article 32. Customer, supplier and farm-worker data held on traceability platforms, supplier portals and farm data systems is personal data. Article 32(1)(d) requires a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of your security measures. It does not name penetration testing as the method, but a test is the most direct evidence that your controls work. See our GDPR penetration testing page, and UK GDPR Article 32.
Retailer assurance, Cyber Essentials & cyber insurance. In our experience, supermarket and food-service buyers increasingly ask suppliers to hold Cyber Essentials Plus alongside food-safety certification such as BRCGS before they approve a supplier portal or traceability integration. Cyber Essentials Plus is an assessor-led technical audit, not a penetration test. We certify firms directly as an IASME Cyber Essentials certification body. Separately, some UK cyber insurance applications ask whether you conduct vulnerability assessments or penetration tests and remediate critical findings. Requirements vary by insurer and policy, and we document findings and remediation against the specific questions your broker or insurer asks. DUAL cyber proposal form.
Farm equipment & safety-sensitive systems. We test farm data platforms, cold-chain telemetry and connected equipment from the cloud side, never directly on live farm machinery, milking robots, irrigation controllers or other safety-sensitive equipment. Any work that reaches towards field or plant equipment only goes ahead against an agreed safe test plan, with defined change windows.
Who we test for. Food and drink manufacturers, agri-tech and farm-management software vendors, farming and agribusiness operators, food supply chain and cold-chain logistics firms, and the retailers and wholesalers who depend on their supplier data.
SCOPE
What We Test for UK Food & Agriculture
Farm Data & IoT Platforms
Farm management software, sensor and IoT telemetry, and yield-monitoring dashboards. Device enrolment, per-farm data separation, and the boundary between grower-owned devices and the platform that aggregates their data.
Traceability & Provenance Platforms
Batch and lot tracking, provenance records and recall-workflow systems used across the supply chain. Record integrity so a batch cannot be silently reassigned, recall-trigger authorisation, and IDOR across supplier and retailer records.
Supplier & Grower Portals
Supplier onboarding, grower portals and multi-tenant platforms shared across competing suppliers. Tenant separation so one supplier cannot see another’s pricing, volumes or quality data, and role boundaries between supplier, buyer and auditor users.
Cold-Chain & Logistics Telemetry
Temperature and humidity monitoring across cold-chain logistics, from IoT sensors on vehicles and storage sites to the dashboards that alert on excursions. Sensor spoofing and tamper detection, and the trust boundary between device and platform.
Recipe, Formulation & IP Data
Recipe, formulation and product-development data held in cloud platforms and PLM systems. Access scoping so recipe and ingredient data cannot leak to the wrong supplier, competitor or partner, and export-path controls out of the platform.
Retailer & EDI Integrations
APIs and EDI feeds connecting farm, manufacturing and supplier systems to retailer ordering platforms and aggregators. OWASP API Top 10 testing for object-level authorisation and the trust boundary between your platform and the retailer’s systems.
Farm, Plant & Corporate Networks
Segregation between corporate IT, farm office networks and manufacturing or packing-line equipment. Active Directory attacks and the boundary between managed devices and site equipment.
Phishing Defence
Targeted phishing simulation against procurement, quality and finance staff, using food-sector-aware lures such as supplier invoice fraud and fake recall or audit notices.
OUR PROCESS
From Scope to Attestation in 4-6 Weeks
Scoping Call
30-minute technical scoping call covering farm data, traceability, supplier portal and cold-chain systems in scope, rules of engagement and safe testing windows around harvest, production or peak trading periods. Fixed-price quote within 24 hours.
Active Testing
3-15 days of hands-on testing by CREST-certified UK-based pen testers, against non-production environments or a defined safe-test window wherever farm or production operations must continue uninterrupted. Daily status updates.
Reporting
Executive summary plus full technical report with CVSS scores, reproduction steps, screenshots, and specific remediation. 60-minute walkthrough call.
Free Retest
After remediation, we retest at no extra charge. Letter of attestation provided for retailer due diligence, cyber insurance underwriting, or buyer audit.
CREDENTIALS
Verified Accreditations Auditors Accept
Every credential below is independently verifiable. UK procurement teams, FCA supervisors, ISO 27001 / SOC 2 auditors, and cyber insurance underwriters all recognise these standards.
GET YOUR QUOTE
Get a CREST food and agriculture pen test quote in 24 hours
A fixed-price quote back in one business day, from a named CREST assessor. No sales pipeline, no chasing.
- CREST and IASME accredited. Testing your auditors and clients already recognise.
- Fast-track testing within 24 hours where required. Free retest of every fix included.
- Live findings via your client portal, not a four-week PDF.
- Fixed price from £3,500 for a single-role, single-app scope, agreed up front. Most engagements run £5,000 and up. No day-rate surprises.
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- We reply within one business day with a fixed-price quote from a named CREST assessor.
- You approve the scope and we book a start date, usually within 24 hours.
- Live findings land in your client portal as we test, with a free retest of every fix.
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COMPLIANCE READY
Reports Aligned to Every Framework
Findings map to specific control references in each framework, so your audit team submits the report directly without translation work.
UK GDPR
Article 32(1)(d) evidence that you regularly test the effectiveness of your security measures, for customer, supplier and farm-worker data.
ISO 27001
Annex A 8.8 technical vulnerability management, once you declare that control applicable.
Cyber Essentials Plus
Often asked for by retailers and food-service buyers during supplier approval. Certified directly by us as an IASME certification body.
Cyber Insurance
Findings and remediation documented against the questions on your proposal form. Requirements vary by insurer and policy.
BRCGS / Retailer Assurance
Retail and food-manufacturing buyers commonly ask for independent security testing evidence alongside your BRCGS or supplier audit record, in our experience. We do not assess compliance with BRCGS itself.
Supply Chain & Traceability Due Diligence
Farm-to-fork traceability and cold-chain telemetry increasingly sit inside customer and retailer due-diligence questionnaires; a report gives your compliance team independent evidence to answer them.
PRICING
Indicative Engagement Pricing
Fixed-price quotes confirmed during scoping. Free retest, executive summary, walkthrough call, and letter of attestation included.
Depends on service + scope
External / web / API / mobile single-target engagement. CREST-certified delivery. Around 3 to 5 working days from kickoff to report.
Get a fixed quoteDepends on service + scope
Multi-target combined engagement (web + API + external + AD), or single complex target. Typically 7-10 days.
Get a fixed quoteDepends on service + scope
Full-stack engagement (multiple cloud accounts, hybrid AD, complex web + API + mobile). Typically 12-15+ days.
Get a fixed quoteWHY EJN LABS
What You Get From Food & Agriculture Penetration Testing
Six concrete differentiators competitors don’t all match.
CREST-Certified Testers, Verifiable
Every test by a CREST-certified pen tester (CRT, CCT APP, CCT INF where applicable). Verify our company status at crest-approved.org.
24-Hour Startup, Where Required
From signed scope to active testing in a single business day for incident response, audit deadlines, or regulator-driven timelines.
Live Findings, Not 4-Week PDFs
Critical issues reported during testing through your client portal. Your team remediates while testing continues.
Audit-Ready Reports
Executive summary plus full technical report with CVSS scores and explicit framework mappings (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, FCA SYSC).
Free Retests, Standard
Verify remediation of every finding before close-out. Letter of attestation for audit submission included. Most competitors charge £1,500-£3,000 per retest.
UK-Based CREST Testers
Every engagement performed by vetted, UK-based CREST-certified testers, matched to your needs, security clearance, and compliance scope.
FAQ
Frequently Asked
Which food and agriculture organisations do you test for?
Food and drink manufacturers, agri-tech and farm-management software vendors, farming and agribusiness operators, food supply chain and cold-chain logistics firms, and wholesalers and retailers running supplier-facing platforms.
What does a food and agriculture test look at that a standard web app test does not?
Supplier-to-supplier separation on shared portals, batch and lot record integrity, recall-workflow authorisation, cold-chain sensor spoofing and tamper detection, and access controls around recipe and formulation data.
Can you test our traceability platform before a major retailer audit or a recall drill?
Yes. We scope testing around your retailer audit or recall-drill timeline, checking batch and lot record integrity, recall-trigger authorisation, and supplier and retailer role separation, with a report ready before the audit date.
Do you test farm equipment, IoT sensors or plant machinery directly?
We test the cloud side of farm and plant IoT: device enrolment, per-device identity and the platform that aggregates sensor data. We do not test live farm machinery, milking robots, irrigation controllers or other safety-sensitive equipment directly; any work that reaches towards field or plant equipment only goes ahead against an agreed safe test plan.
How do you protect supplier and recipe data during testing?
We ask for a non-production environment with synthetic or anonymised supplier and product data wherever possible. Recipe, formulation and ingredient data is treated as confidential under our NDA and handled with the same care as any client’s intellectual property.
Can you test our EDI or retailer ordering integration?
Yes. We test API and EDI integrations between your systems and retailer ordering or aggregator platforms, covering object-level authorisation, order and pricing-data tampering, and the trust boundary between your platform and the retailer’s systems.
We have never had a penetration test before. Where do we start?
Start with a 30-minute scoping call to describe your systems in plain terms; you do not need to know pen testing terminology. Our do I need a penetration test guide walks through when a test makes sense and what to expect.
What’s in the report?
Executive summary (board-ready), technical report with CVSS 3.1 scores, reproduction steps, screenshots, specific remediation guidance, and a 60-minute walkthrough call. Letter of attestation issued after free retest.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. We sign client-supplied NDAs as standard. Engagement data is protected under our ISO 27001 (BSI-audited) information security management system.
How quickly can you start?
From signed scope to active testing in 24 hours where required. Standard pipeline is 3-5 business days from initial scoping call to test start.
Are your testers UK-based and what certifications do they hold?
Every engagement is performed by vetted UK-based CREST-certified testers matched to your engagement based on security clearance, compliance scope, and sector specialism. Testers hold CREST certifications relevant to their discipline (CRT, CCT APP, CCT INF, CCSAM).
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