Web Application Penetration Testing
Manual web application testing designed to identify vulnerabilities that could realistically be exploited.
Professional cyber security, made accessible
Cyber security should not depend on how much you can afford.
Security Aid provides professional cyber security services to organisations that need them, including penetration testing, security assessments, incident support and practical advisory.
Free means free.
Some of our work is provided completely free of charge.
- No sales trap
- No deliberately reduced assessment
- No obligation to purchase afterwards
A concrete commitment
What does a free penetration test actually mean?
Where Security Aid accepts an engagement, the limitation is capacity and eligibility, not deliberately reduced quality.
It can include
- Scope definition and rules of engagement
- Written authorisation before testing
- Manual and authenticated testing where appropriate
- Vulnerability validation and business logic testing
- Responsible evidence collection and risk-rated findings
- Remediation guidance and a findings walkthrough
- Retesting where agreed
What it does not mean
- An automated scanner passed off as a penetration test
- Five minutes of superficial testing
- Withholding findings unless the organisation pays
- A deliberately incomplete assessment designed to sell consultancy
Professional services
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What can Security Aid help with?
Real security work, practical advice and clear remediation priorities.
Vulnerability Assessments
Identify exposed systems, insecure services, configuration weaknesses and practical remediation priorities.
Security Advisory
Practical cyber security advice for leaders, IT teams, charities, non-profits and small organisations.
Incident Response Support
Help organisations understand and respond to cyber security incidents, subject to available capacity.
Security Architecture & Roadmaps
Review proposed or existing systems and identify security weaknesses before they become incidents.
Cyber Essentials Readiness
Guidance on understanding Cyber Essentials requirements, identifying gaps and preparing for certification.
What's the catch?
There isn't one.
If Security Aid accepts your organisation for a free engagement, you do not need to subscribe afterwards.
Request Free SupportWe do not withhold the useful parts of reports. We do not deliberately limit testing so that we can sell the rest.
The limitation is simply
Capacity.
Requests are reviewed against organisational need, security risk, available capacity, potential impact and urgency.
Paid members pay for guaranteed capacity and ongoing services, not access to findings that should have been included in free work.
Who we help
Who do we prioritise?
Applications are assessed individually so Security Aid can direct limited capacity where it can have meaningful impact.
Charities
Organisations delivering public and social benefit.
Non-profits
Mission-led organisations working with limited budgets.
Community organisations
Local groups supporting people and communities.
Small businesses
Businesses without enterprise security resources.
Significant cyber risk
Organisations facing an active or material concern.
Based in Northamptonshire. Supporting organisations across the UK.
How the model works
Protect. Sustain. Support.
Commercial activity exists to create dependable capacity and expand the free programme.
Free professional security services where capacity allows.
Request helpMemberships fund guaranteed support and ongoing services.
View membershipsSponsors and professionals help expand the programme.
Support Security Aid
Support + memberships
Fund capacity
More free security work
What useful reporting looks like
Clear findings. Practical decisions.
Security work should leave an organisation understanding what happened, why it matters and what to do next.
- Evidence-led findings
- Clear business impact
- Risk-based remediation priorities
- Confidential handling throughout
Example finding
High
Broken access control allows unauthorised access to customer records
- Impact
- An unauthenticated attacker could access sensitive records belonging to other users.
- Recommendation
- Implement server-side authorisation checks for every affected endpoint and validate access against the authenticated user.
Transparent by design
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Our impact
Security Aid intends to publish transparent statistics as the programme grows. No invented numbers and no inflated claims.
Organisations supportedReporting coming soon
Free penetration tests deliveredReporting coming soon
Security hours donatedReporting coming soon
High-risk vulnerabilities identifiedReporting coming soon
Need guaranteed support?
Memberships provide certainty and fund the free mission.
Free services depend on available capacity. Memberships are for organisations that need reserved security capacity, advisory hours, ongoing support or platform functionality.
Membership revenue helps Security Aid provide more free security work.
View Memberships- Reserved advisory capacity
- Continuous monitoring
- Vulnerability tracking
- Incident response arrangements
- Reserved penetration-testing capacity
- Security reporting and platform functionality
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Need security help?
Whether you need a penetration test, are worried about an incident or simply do not know where to begin, tell us what you need. If we can help through the free programme, we will tell you. If we do not have capacity, we will be transparent about that too.