CREST-accredited penetration testing for academies and academy trusts, scoped to trust-wide risk and governance.
What is penetration testing for academies?
Penetration testing for academies assesses the systems an academy or trust depends on across its sites: shared and local networks, MIS, cloud and remote access, carried out by a qualified tester.
Why it matters
The Academy Trust Handbook requires trustees to govern risk, including cyber risk, and RPA cover requires a cyber response plan. Academy trusts have been directly targeted by ransomware, disrupting multiple schools at once.
How Solusec tests it
We scope testing to your trust's estate and priorities, test central and site-level systems, and report so trustees, leadership and IT can all act on the findings.
Education testing, done right
Solusec is a CREST-accredited penetration testing provider and a member of the BESA LaunchPad programme for education suppliers. We test in line with the DfE cyber security standards, understand KCSIE filtering and monitoring duties, MIS platforms and safeguarding systems, and keep pupil and staff data safe throughout. You deal directly with the tester, not a call centre.
What you get
You get a clear, prioritised report mapped to risk and to the DfE cyber security standards, a plain-English summary for leadership and governors, practical fixes for your IT team or MSP, and a free retest once you have remediated.
Common questions
Do you test across multiple academies in a trust?
Yes, we scope trust-wide, covering shared central systems and individual sites as needed.
Does this support the Academy Trust Handbook and RPA?
It evidences cyber-risk governance and supports the response-plan expectations attached to RPA cover.
How quickly can testing start?
After a short, free scoping call we give a fixed price and a start date, often within days.
Do you keep our data safe during testing?
Yes. Testing is scoped and conducted to protect pupil, student and staff data throughout, and we are CREST-accredited.
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