SECTOR — LEGAL
CREST-certified penetration testing for UK law firms. SRA Cyber Standard alignment, privileged data confidentiality, partner-tier procurement, conveyancing fraud defence. Strict NDA, sector-experienced testers.
CREST
Approved Provider
SRA
Aligned Methodology
ISO 27001
BSI-Audited
24h
Scope to Active Test
REGULATORY CONTEXT
What SRA Expects from Penetration Testing
SRA Cyber Standard
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Cyber Standard requires demonstrable technical security controls. Pen testing is the recognised mechanism for evidencing those controls during regulatory audit.
Privileged Data Confidentiality
Legal client data carries privilege. Engagement scoping covers handling of legally privileged material, NDA-strict reporting, and a redaction model that protects both attacker insight and client privilege.
Partner-Tier Procurement
Major legal clients (financial services, corporates, public sector) audit their law firm’s cyber posture. Our reports map findings to SRA, ISO 27001, and the Lockton/Beazley/Hiscox legal-sector cyber insurance frameworks.
SCOPE
What We Test for UK Law Firms
CLIENT PORTAL
Document Management Systems
Legal-specific applications (iManage, NetDocuments, custom DMS). Access control, document privilege, ethical-wall enforcement, search-API authorisation.
CONVEYANCING
Email & Wire-Fraud Defence
Targeted phishing simulation around conveyancing wire-fraud patterns. BEC, lookalike domains, payment-instruction interception, partner-impersonation scenarios.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Network & Active Directory
Internal AD attacks, segregation between partners, secretarial, and IT-admin tiers. Privileged access, file-share scoping, and remote-access pathway testing.
REMOTE WORK
VPN & Endpoint
VPN scrutiny, remote-desktop hardening, endpoint compromise paths. Bring-your-own-device boundaries, partner laptop attack surface.
CLOUD
M365 / Google Workspace
Common UK law firm cloud setups. Conditional access, MFA bypass, OAuth app abuse, mailbox auto-forward rules, OneDrive/Drive privilege escalation.
THIRD-PARTY
Supplier Risk
Counterparty cyber risk assessment for outsourced services (case management, billing, e-disclosure). Targeted testing of legal-tech vendor integrations.
OUR ACCREDITATIONS
Verified Credentials That Matter to UK Law Firms
Law firm clients (especially financial services and corporate counterparties) audit their solicitors’ cyber posture. Our credentials below are individually verifiable, sit inside SRA Cyber Standard evidence packs, support legal-sector cyber insurance underwriting, and accelerate partner-tier supplier due diligence.
CREST Member
CREST membership is the UK accreditation legal-sector cyber insurance underwriters (Lockton, Beazley, Hiscox) consistently accept as proof of pen testing rigour. SRA-aligned audit work also accepts CREST-derived evidence as proof of technical assurance.
IASME Cyber Essentials Body
Many UK law firms commission Cyber Essentials Plus to satisfy partner-tier client expectations. Our IASME-approved certification body status means we deliver pen testing and Cyber Essentials Plus certification in a single engagement.
ISO 27001 (BSI)
ISO 27001 (BSI-audited) demonstrates our own information-security maturity. For law firms whose clients include FCA-regulated firms, our ISO 27001 certificate satisfies the supplier-cyber-control verification clause in many partner-tier procurement gates.
ISO 9001 (BSI)
ISO 9001 (BSI-audited) covers our delivery quality management system. Lexcel-accredited firms cite ISO 9001 evidence in their Lexcel re-certification packs alongside their pen test reports.
UK Cyber Security Council
Corporate Membership of the UK Cyber Security Council confirms our testers operate to the UK government-backed professional standard, important for law firm engagements where chartered-professional evidence is requested.
Crown Commercial Service
We are a Crown Commercial Service supplier (G-Cloud framework). For law firms acting for central or local government, our CCS supplier status accelerates the supplier-cyber-control verification step in client onboarding.
OUR PROCESS
From Scope to Attestation in 4-6 Weeks
Scoping Call
30-minute technical scoping call. Define attack surface, methodology, rules of engagement, and timeline. Fixed-price quote within 24 hours.
Active Testing
3-15 days of hands-on testing by CREST-certified pen testers. Daily status updates and live findings delivered to your client portal.
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 audit, regulator submission, or insurance underwriting.
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.
SRA Cyber Standard
Standard alignment, audit-evidence packaging, partner-tier reporting.
ISO 27001
Annex A.12.6.1 plus legal-sector A.18 compliance controls.
UK GDPR
Article 32 with privilege-aware data-handling protocols.
Cyber Essentials Plus
IASME-direct certification through our certification body status.
Lockton / Beazley / Hiscox
Reports compatible with leading legal-sector cyber insurance underwriting.
Lexcel
Lexcel Practice Management Standard cyber controls evidence.
PRICING
Indicative Engagement Pricing
Fixed-price quotes confirmed during scoping. Free retest, executive summary, walkthrough call, and letter of attestation included.
Single client portal / DMS
£5,000 – £15,000 depending on user roles and ethical-wall complexity.
Network + AD + Phishing
£12,000 – £30,000 covering internal infrastructure plus partner-targeted phishing campaign.
Full firm cyber-posture audit
£20,000 – £55,000 across applications, network, cloud, supplier risk, and partner-tier reporting.
FAQ
Frequently Asked
Do you sign legal-grade NDAs?
Yes. EJN signs partner-tier NDAs covering legally privileged information, with explicit obligations on data handling, retention, and sub-processor restrictions. Our standard NDA template is available for your firm’s review pre-engagement.
How do you handle legally privileged material discovered during testing?
Privileged content discovery is contained within the report’s restricted technical appendix, redacted in the executive summary, and never excerpted beyond the engaged law firm. Our testers operate under standing instructions on privilege handling.
Can you test conveyancing fraud defences specifically?
Yes. Our phishing assessments include specific conveyancing wire-fraud scenarios: payment-instruction interception, partner-impersonation BEC, lookalike domain registration, and direct-communication-channel hijacking patterns.
How do you handle the partner / staff role asymmetry?
Engagement scoping defines authorised tester targets (typically the IT-admin tier for credentialed testing, and standard-staff role for phishing simulation). Partners are tested only with explicit Managing Partner authorisation.
Compatible with our Lexcel Practice Management certification?
Yes. Reports include Lexcel control mapping for cyber security clauses. Most law firm clients attach our reports to their Lexcel evidence pack at re-certification.
Do you provide attestation letters for cyber insurance underwriting?
Yes. Lockton, Beazley, Hiscox, AIG legal-sector cyber underwriters accept EJN’s letter of attestation as part of underwriting evidence. We tailor the letter to specific underwriter wording where requested.
Can you test an in-progress matter system?
Production matter systems are tested only with explicit Managing Partner authorisation, restricted scope, and no exfiltration. Most firms prefer testing on a UAT-tier mirror environment.
Book a Confidential Scoping Call
30 minutes with a CREST-certified pen tester. Fixed-price quote within 24 hours.
