Penetration Testing for UK Veterinary & Animal Health
CREST-accredited penetration testing for UK veterinary practices, corporate practice groups, out-of-hours emergency providers, pet-health platforms and the diagnostic laboratories serving them. Evidence for UK GDPR Article 32 across practice management systems, pet owner portals, laboratory result feeds and payment or pet-insurance claims workflows, with practice staff and pet-owner access kept separate throughout.
- Unlimited retesting
- Unlimited pre-retesting
- No hidden fees
“I would highly recommend EJN Labs to any organisation seeking reliable, detailed, and well-managed penetration testing services, particularly for government or enterprise-level projects.”
“There wasn’t another company we could find that could deliver what we needed in the timeframe we needed. The client loved it, and we got instant ROI from the engagement.”
systems make up most veterinary and pet-health estates we test: practice management platforms, pet owner portals, laboratory result feeds and payment or insurance-claims workflows, each with its own access boundary to check.
What UK GDPR & Buyer Due Diligence Expect
UK GDPR Article 32. A pet’s clinical record is not personal data about an identifiable person in its own right, but the owner’s name, contact details, payment information and any owner-identifying notes attached to that record are. 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. UK GDPR Article 32.
Cyber Essentials & cyber insurance. In our experience, corporate practice groups, referral hospitals and lending or insurance partners sometimes ask an independent veterinary practice or pet-health platform to hold Cyber Essentials Plus before they engage. 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.
Practice software & pet-insurance claims. Veterinary practice management software increasingly submits claims directly to pet-insurance providers and connects to external laboratory and payment systems. We test those integrations for owner-to-owner data leakage, claims-amount tampering, and the boundary between your practice system and the insurer’s claims portal, without assessing the insurer’s own platform.
Who we test for. Independent veterinary practices, corporate veterinary groups, out-of-hours and emergency providers, referral and specialist hospitals, pet-health and telehealth platforms, and the diagnostic laboratories serving them. For human-patient healthcare work see our healthcare page.
SCOPE
What We Test for UK Veterinary & Animal Health
Practice Management Systems
Clinical record-keeping, appointment scheduling and billing inside veterinary practice management software. Staff role boundaries between vets, nurses, receptionists and practice managers, and record integrity across a shared practice system.
Pet Owner Portals & Booking
Owner-facing portals for booking appointments, viewing clinical history and requesting repeat prescriptions. Owner-to-owner isolation (IDOR), proxy access for multiple pets or shared ownership, and prescription-request approval flows.
Laboratory & Diagnostic Results
In-house laboratory systems and integrations with external diagnostic and reference laboratories. Result and audit-trail integrity, and the trust boundary between your practice system and the laboratories it connects to.
Payments & Pet-Insurance Claims
Card payment flows and direct claims submission to pet-insurance providers. Payment-state and claims-amount tampering, and the boundary between your practice system and the insurer’s claims portal.
Cloud-Hosted Clinical Data
AWS, Azure and GCP configuration for practice management and clinical-record platforms, including multi-site corporate groups. Encryption at rest, IAM scoping and audit logging across shared infrastructure.
Multi-Site & Corporate Group Networks
Segregation between branches in a corporate veterinary group, and between practice, laboratory and back-office networks. Active Directory attacks and the boundary between managed devices and clinical equipment.
Video Triage & Remote Consultation Apps
Video consultation and remote triage apps used for pet health advice. Consultation identity, meeting-link and attachment access, and device storage of clinical data, tested against the OWASP Mobile Top 10.
Phishing Defence
Targeted phishing simulation against practice admin, laboratory and finance staff, using sector-aware lures such as supplier invoice fraud and fake insurance-claims correspondence.
OUR PROCESS
From Scope to Attestation in 4-6 Weeks
Scoping Call
30-minute technical scoping call. Define attack surface, methodology, rules of engagement, safe testing windows around clinic opening hours, and timeline. 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 with synthetic owner and clinical data wherever possible. 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 buyer due diligence, Cyber Essentials evidence packs, or cyber insurance underwriting.
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 Veterinary 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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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 owner and payment data.
Cyber Essentials Plus
An assessor-led technical audit, not a penetration test. Often asked for by corporate practice groups and referral partners. Certified directly by us as an IASME certification body.
ISO 27001
Annex A 8.8 technical vulnerability management, once you declare that control applicable.
Cyber Insurance
Findings and remediation documented against the questions on your proposal form. Requirements vary by insurer and policy.
PCI DSS
Requirement 11.4 evidence of a documented penetration testing methodology, where your practice takes card payments directly.
Corporate Group & Referral Due Diligence
In our experience, corporate veterinary groups and referral hospitals increasingly ask for independent security testing evidence as part of supplier and practice due diligence.
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 Veterinary & Animal Health 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 veterinary and animal health organisations do you test for?
Independent veterinary practices, corporate veterinary groups, out-of-hours and emergency providers, referral and specialist hospitals, pet-health and telehealth platforms, and the diagnostic laboratories serving them.
What does a veterinary test check that a standard web app test does not?
Owner-to-owner isolation across a shared pet-owner portal, staff role boundaries between vets, nurses and receptionists, laboratory result integrity, and the boundary between your practice system and a pet-insurer’s claims portal.
Is pet clinical data covered by UK GDPR?
A pet’s clinical record is not personal data about an identifiable person in its own right. The owner’s name, contact details, payment information and any owner-identifying notes attached to that record are personal data, and Article 32(1)(d) applies to how you protect them.
Can you test our pet owner app before we roll it out across a corporate group of practices?
Yes. We test owner-to-owner isolation, proxy access for shared or multiple pets, and multi-site or multi-brand boundaries so one practice’s owners cannot reach another practice’s records.
Do you test our practice’s integration with pet-insurance claims platforms?
Yes. We test the boundary between your practice management system and the insurer’s claims portal, covering claims-amount tampering and payment-state integrity. We do not test the insurer’s own platform.
How do you handle owner and clinical data during testing?
We ask for a non-production environment with synthetic owner and clinical data wherever possible. Production testing only goes ahead with explicit approval and a restricted scope.
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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