Does the SRA require penetration testing?

The SRA doesn’t prescribe penetration testing, but it expects firms to keep client information secure. Many clients and insurers ask for testing evidence.

Legal sector

Penetration testing for law firms and legal applications

Law firms hold privileged, high-value information and are frequent targets for fraud. We test the client-facing systems attackers reach first.

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What we test

Client portals and secure document exchange
Case and matter management access controls
Payment and bank-detail change processes vulnerable to fraud
Legal AI tools that summarise or draft from client documents
Website forms and enquiry handling

Why it matters

Client confidentiality is a core professional duty, and clients, insurers and accreditation schemes such as Lexcel increasingly ask how firms protect information. Independent testing gives you evidence you can point to.

AI tools and privilege

If you use AI to work with client documents, we check that one matter’s documents can’t surface in another’s answers and that prompts can’t extract confidential material.

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