For Ely and Fenland agri-tech, farm business and food supply teams. Fixed price, retest included.
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Ely is a small cathedral city in the middle of the Fens, some of the most productive farmland in England. Its economy is tied to agriculture, food production and the businesses that serve them, with the Cambridge cluster close enough that agri-tech and science start-ups choose to base themselves here. Software built in and around Ely tends to serve farms, growers, food businesses and rural land managers.
Agri-tech companies sell to farmers, processors and large food retailers, and each has started asking harder security questions. Retailers want to know that supply chain data is trustworthy. Early-stage companies raising from Cambridge-area investors need evidence for due diligence. Farm businesses, many run as sole traders or partnerships, expect their personal and financial data to be protected.
Platforms that combine field mapping, soil and yield data, machinery telemetry and crop advice are used across the Fens and beyond. Farm data has commercial value, and machinery integrations mean web bugs can have real-world effects.
What we focus onFarm and field separation between accounts, agronomist and contractor access, machinery API keys, prescription map uploads, data sharing consents, and whether one farm can see another's yields or inputs.
Packers, processors and their software suppliers track produce from field to shelf. Retailers rely on that data for food safety and recalls, so tampering or leaks quickly become commercial and regulatory problems.
What we focus onBatch and lot record integrity, supplier and buyer separation, certificate uploads, recall and hold functions, and integrations that accept bulk data from growers and logistics partners.
Farm accounts, subsidy and grant applications, environmental scheme records and rural property tools hold financial and ownership information. Land agents and advisers manage many clients from one account, which raises the stakes.
What we focus onAdviser access across many client farms, land and ownership records, financial documents, scheme application data, delegated access when a client leaves an adviser, and document sharing links.
Across the farm, food and rural business platforms common around Ely, these findings come up most often.
Agronomists or contractors keep access to a farm's fields and yield records after the working relationship ends. Competitors or buyers could gain insight into a business's performance.
Lot or origin data can be changed through the API once produce has shipped, with no audit trail. That makes recalls unreliable and undermines retailer audits.
API keys for tractor or sensor integrations are delivered to the front end or stored in shared configuration. Anyone who extracts them can read telemetry or send data as the machine.
One land agent or adviser account reaches dozens of client farms with no second factor. A single phished password exposes financial and ownership records across all of them.
What UK pricing guides put a SaaS app with an API and several user roles at.
Sources: Stingrai Penetration Testing Price Index (Sept 2026, median of 30 G-Cloud 14 rate cards) and Cyphere’s UK cost guide (2026).
Per application · any size
£2,400flat
One application = one web product your users sign in to, plus its API. Mobile apps, internal networks and cloud reviews are scoped separately. Prices exclude VAT.
9 gates, the same sequence on every engagement.
Discovery
We send a short questionnaire to understand your infrastructure, business requirements and security concerns.
Agreement
We analyse your answers, define a clear scope and issue the Statement of Work.
Initiation
We walk through methodology, timeline and requirements, and access is handed over securely.
Active testing
AI-enabled coverage, then accredited engineers validate and exploit. High and critical findings are sent to you immediately.
Reporting
Every finding with risk rating, technical detail and step-by-step remediation, mapped to your controls.
Walkthrough
A session with your technical team to explain findings, priorities and remediation approaches.
Remediation
Your teams implement fixes. We stay available for guidance throughout.
Verification
We re-test every previously identified issue to confirm the fix and check nothing new was introduced.
Attestation
A final report confirming remediation and your improved security posture, ready to share with auditors.
Large food retailers set technical standards for suppliers and increasingly include information security. A pentest report on your traceability or ordering platform gives buyers direct evidence.
Investors in agri-tech look at whether the platform holding farm data has been tested. An attestation letter in the data room answers that early and avoids delays during the round.
Many farms are sole traders or partnerships, so their financial and location data is personal data. Testing shows you protected it properly, which matters to farmers and to the ICO.
The web application and its API, including the endpoints that receive machinery and sensor data. We check that only authorised devices can send data and that farms cannot see each other's information. Testing the machinery, sensors or their firmware is separate work, scoped and quoted on its own.
Usually, if they ask about your software platform. A pentest checks the application they will rely on. Some retailers also ask for Cyber Essentials or ISO 27001, which cover broader controls. Send us their wording and we will tell you honestly whether our test answers it.
It should not. We prefer to test a staging copy with sample farms and fields. If testing must run on production, we agree timings that avoid busy periods such as harvest and use test accounts, so real farm records are not changed.
No. CyberFortify has no Ely office. Web application and API tests run remotely, which is how almost all application pentests are delivered. Kick-off, critical alerts and the report walkthrough happen in UK working hours, and the price is the same £2,400 flat.
Our AI Pentest Agent covers the breadth of your app: mapping every page and API route and checking the known issues. That frees our CREST-accredited engineers for exploitation, access control and business logic. Fewer billable days means one flat fee instead of a day rate. Every finding is still validated by a person before it reaches your report.
Yes. CyberFortify is a CREST member company, accredited for Penetration Testing and AI-Enabled Penetration Testing, and a signatory of the CREST AI Charter. You can check our listing on the CREST Marketplace before you book.
One web product your users sign in to, plus the API behind it. Size doesn’t change the price: a large SaaS platform with many roles is still £2,400. A mobile app, an internal network or a cloud configuration review is a separate scope, and we’ll quote it on the call if you need it.
Yes. £2,400 per application, agreed on the scoping call before testing starts. The retest of your fixes is included. There are no day rates, so the invoice doesn’t grow if testing takes longer.
No. Cyber Essentials Plus is a certification with a hands-on check of five basic controls. It doesn’t test your application for vulnerabilities the way a penetration test does.
No. CHECK is the NCSC scheme for UK government and critical national infrastructure systems. If your contract names CHECK, you need a CHECK company, and we’ll tell you so on the call. CyberFortify is CREST accredited.
Testing usually starts within a week of the scoping call, and most reports are ready in four to seven working days. Criticals are flagged within 24 hours of discovery.
CyberFortify works under ISO 27001 certified processes. Client data from the engagement is disposed of afterwards, as set out in the statement of work. Every assignment carries professional liability insurance and Koop cyber insurance.
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Your first call is with Usama Gul, the founder and the engineer who leads your test. You’ll leave with a confirmed scope and a start date.
Prices exclude VAT. Price comparisons use published UK guides; individual firms’ quotes vary.
