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CREST Penetration Testing in Stirling
£2,400 Flat per App

For Stirling's software SMEs, research spin-outs and public-sector suppliers. One flat price per app.

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  • £2,400 flat per app and its API, any size
  • Retest included
  • CREST accredited, rated 4.8/5 on G2

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Penetration Testing for Stirling Teams

Scotland

Stirling combines a university town, a regional public-sector base and a growing number of small software and services companies. The University of Stirling is known for aquaculture and sport research, and spin-outs carry that work into commercial products. Many local firms are small teams selling web applications to councils, other SMEs and, increasingly, larger customers further afield.

Small teams feel the cost of security testing most. A larger customer sends a questionnaire, a tender asks for a recent pentest, or a first ISO 27001 audit is coming. Day-rate quotes make that hard to budget. A flat £2,400 with the retest included lets a Stirling team plan for it like any other fixed cost.

What Stirling Teams Bring Us to Test

Software SMEs selling B2B

Stirling's small software companies often hit their first security questionnaire when a larger customer shows interest. A pentest report is what turns a stalled deal into a signed one. Few of these teams have a security lead.

What we focus onSeparation between customer accounts, user invitation and role management, password reset, integrations with customers' email or CRM systems, and billing or subscription controls. We also check how trial accounts are separated from paying ones.

Aquaculture and research spin-outs

Spin-outs building on the university's aquaculture expertise run monitoring and data platforms for fish farms and research partners. Commercial farm data is sensitive and customers ask how it is protected.

What we focus onFarm site data isolation, sensor and environmental data APIs, partner data sharing, report exports, and access by visiting researchers or contractors. We also test how long shared links and exported reports stay valid after a partnership ends.

Public-sector and third-sector suppliers

Local suppliers to councils, colleges and charities across Forth Valley provide case management, booking and grant platforms. Public buyers ask for security evidence before personal data is entrusted to them.

What we focus onApplicant and case records, staff versus public roles, file uploads, form submissions that reach back-office systems, and reporting that may expose personal data. Volunteer and staff access in charity platforms is checked as well.

What We Often Find

Stirling's applications are usually built by small teams moving quickly, so these findings reflect gaps that appear when security has no dedicated owner.

Invited users get more rights than intended

A user invitation API accepts a role parameter that the interface does not show. A new member can be invited, or invite themselves, as an administrator of the customer account.

Farm data visible across sites

A monitoring platform shows only the user's own sites on screen, but the data API returns readings for any site ID. Competitors could see stocking and environmental data.

Grant applications open to anyone

Uploaded supporting documents for applications are saved with public links. Bank statements and ID documents can be read by anyone who obtains the address. That is a serious UK GDPR breach.

Outdated components in production

Small teams often fall behind on framework and library updates. Known, published vulnerabilities in old components can give attackers an easy route in. We flag these with clear upgrade advice.

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£2,400. Not £12,000–£25,000.

What UK pricing guides put a SaaS app with an API and several user roles at.

Typical UK quote
CyberFortify
How it’s priced
Typical UK firm: day rates (median ~£1,000/day)
£2,400 flat per application
SaaS app, API, several roles
£12,000–£25,000
£2,400
Retest of your fixes
Often extra, £2,000–£5,000
Included
App bigger than expected
More days, bigger invoice
Same £2,400, no size cap
Who tests
Varies by firm
CREST-accredited engineers

Sources: Stingrai Penetration Testing Price Index (Sept 2026, median of 30 G-Cloud 14 rate cards) and Cyphere’s UK cost guide (2026).

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One Price, Everything In It

Per application · any size

£2,400flat

  • One web app and its API, no endpoint cap
  • Testing starts within a week, report in 4–7 working days
  • Free retest, signed attestation letter
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Included in the £2,400

  • AI-enabled testing, with every finding validated and exploited by CREST-accredited engineers
  • Authentication, access control between user roles and business logic
  • Criticals flagged within 24 hours, not held for the final report
  • CVSS-scored findings with reproduction steps and the fix
  • Clean report and signed attestation letter for customers, auditors and insurers
  • ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified processes, professional liability cover and Koop cyber insurance

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.

From First Call to Clean Health Report

9 gates, the same sequence on every engagement.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    Client insight

    We send a short questionnaire to understand your infrastructure, business requirements and security concerns.

    Owner: you + CyberFortifyOutput: completed questionnaire
  2. 02

    Agreement

    Scope & SOW

    We analyse your answers, define a clear scope and issue the Statement of Work.

    Duration: 2–3 business daysOutput: signed SOW
  3. 03

    Initiation

    Kickoff meeting

    We walk through methodology, timeline and requirements, and access is handed over securely.

    Format: live sessionOutput: methodology brief
  4. 04

    Active testing

    Testing execution

    AI-enabled coverage, then accredited engineers validate and exploit. High and critical findings are sent to you immediately.

    Duration: 4–7 working daysLive alerts: high & critical
  5. 05

    Reporting

    Report delivery

    Every finding with risk rating, technical detail and step-by-step remediation, mapped to your controls.

    Format: PDF + machine-readableAudit-ready
  6. 06

    Walkthrough

    Report review

    A session with your technical team to explain findings, priorities and remediation approaches.

    Duration: 60–90 minutesRecorded on request
  7. 07

    Remediation

    You fix

    Your teams implement fixes. We stay available for guidance throughout.

    Timeline: you set itSupport: on call
  8. 08

    Verification

    Retest

    We re-test every previously identified issue to confirm the fix and check nothing new was introduced.

    Cost: includedScope: every finding
  9. 09

    Attestation

    Clean health report

    A final report confirming remediation and your improved security posture, ready to share with auditors.

    Audit-readyShareable with customers

What Stirling Buyers Ask For

Cyber Essentials Plus is not a pentest

Public buyers often ask for Cyber Essentials Plus. It checks basic controls on your devices and network. It does not test your application, so tenders asking for application testing still need a pentest.

First ISO 27001 certification

SMEs going for ISO 27001 need to show technical vulnerability management. A scoped pentest and retest provide clear evidence for Annex A controls at your first audit.

UK GDPR for research data

Spin-outs handling personal data from research or customers must apply appropriate security measures. Pentest results support your records of how those measures were tested.

Before you book.

We have Cyber Essentials Plus already. Why would a customer still ask for a pentest?

Cyber Essentials Plus checks that your laptops, servers and network meet baseline controls. It does not look at whether your web application lets one customer see another's data, or whether roles can be escalated. Customers buying your software want the second answer, which only an application pentest provides.

Our platform is used by fish farms in Scotland and Norway. Does the report work internationally?

Yes. CREST is recognised internationally, and the report is written in plain English with standard risk ratings. Overseas customers can review it directly or accept our attestation letter. If they need testing aligned with a particular local regulation, tell us at scoping so the report covers what they expect.

We are a three-person team. How disruptive is testing?

Not very. Testing runs against a staging environment you provide, so production is untouched. We need test accounts and a contact for questions. Most small teams spend an hour on scoping and a few hours fixing findings. The retest is booked when your fixes are ready.

Do you have an office in Stirling?

No. CyberFortify has no Stirling 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.

Why is it cheaper than UK day-rate firms?

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.

Is CyberFortify really CREST accredited?

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.

What counts as one application?

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.

Is the price really fixed?

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.

Is Cyber Essentials Plus the same as a penetration test?

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.

Are you a CHECK company?

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.

How fast can you start?

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.

What happens to our data?

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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