Cybersecurity companies in the United Kingdom
85 companies in the directory are based in the United Kingdom. 47 are vendors and 38 are service firms. Of these, 3 are public companies and 24 belong to another company or an investor.
The list runs largest first. We rank by revenue from annual reports where a listed company files one, then by staff numbers. Companies with no revenue or staff figure come last.
85 companies, largest first
| Company | Category | Size | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
Darktrace Darktrace provides AI-powered cybersecurity solutions that detect and respond to threats across networks, cloud, email, and AI systems. | Network detection and response | 1,600 staff | Owned by Thoma Bravo |
Aon Cyber Solutions Cybersecurity consulting division of global insurance leader Aon, uniquely combining penetration testing with cyber risk quantification and insurance expertise. | Security consulting and vCISO | 500+ staff | Owned by LevelBlue |
Claranet CREST and CHECK-accredited European managed services provider delivering penetration testing with deep infrastructure and cloud hosting expertise. | Penetration testing | 500+ staff | Private |
LRQA The only organisation worldwide with a full suite of CREST accreditations. 250+ cybersecurity specialists operating in 55+ countries across pen testing, red teaming, and incident response. | Penetration testing | 500+ staff | Owned by Goldman Sachs Alternatives |
NCC Group Global cybersecurity consultancy with CREST, CHECK, and CBEST accreditation, renowned for deep technical research and penetration testing services. | Penetration testing | 500+ staff | Public, NCC |
Redscan (A Kroll Business) London-based cybersecurity provider, now part of Kroll, delivering CREST-accredited penetration testing, managed detection and response, and incident response with a 550-strong cyber team. | Penetration testing | 500+ staff | Part of Kroll |
PwC Cyber Security Global Big Four professional services firm delivering CREST, CHECK, and CBEST-accredited penetration testing and red teaming services from London, serving the UK's largest enterprises and regulated organisations. | Penetration testing | 500+ staff | Owned by PwC |
Bridewell Fast-growing CREST and CHECK-accredited UK cybersecurity consultancy with deep expertise in critical national infrastructure sectors. | Penetration testing | 201-500 staff | Owned by I-TRACING |
WorkNest CREST and CHECK-accredited UK penetration testing and managed security provider formed in 2026 from Pentest People, Bulletproof, and Target Defense, with CREST STAR/TLPT-FS capability and the GuardNest vulnerability management platform. | Penetration testing | 201-500 staff | Owned by Inflexion |
GRC Solutions (formerly IT Governance) UK compliance and cybersecurity consultancy, formerly IT Governance, offering CREST and NCSC CHECK penetration testing alongside governance, risk and compliance services. | Penetration testing | 201-500 staff | Private |
CovertSwarm Subscription-based offensive cybersecurity firm delivering continuous cyber attack services with CREST STAR and CBEST accreditations from its London headquarters. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Private |
CyberLab Cardiff-based CREST and CHECK-accredited cyber security company delivering penetration testing, red teaming, and OT security assessments as part of the Chess Group. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Owned by Chess |
Dionach Global enterprise cybersecurity consultancy founded in 1999 in Oxford, holding rare CREST STAR-FS accreditation and delivering penetration testing, red and purple teaming, and PCI QSA services across five international offices. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Owned by Nomios |
OnSecurity CREST-accredited, platform-driven penetration testing vendor in Bristol offering AI-augmented testing with rapid self-service booking for over 400 global customers. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Private |
Pen Test Partners The UK's largest independent security testing firm, renowned for IoT/OT research, CBEST red teaming, and CHECK/CREST-accredited penetration testing across all sectors. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Private |
ThreatSpike Red London-based cybersecurity firm offering unlimited, fixed-price penetration testing and red teaming services with ISO 27001 certification and a unique subscription model. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Private |
Bulletproof CREST-accredited UK cybersecurity and compliance provider offering penetration testing, managed security services, and regulatory consultancy to over 2,000 customers from its Stevenage headquarters. | Compliance audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001) | 51-200 staff | Part of WorkNest |
Evalian CREST-accredited UK cyber security and data protection consultancy offering penetration testing, ISO consultancy, and managed SOC services from offices across the UK and Ireland. | Penetration testing | 51-200 staff | Private |
N Nettitude CREST, CHECK, and CBEST accredited UK consultancy within Lloyd's Register, delivering premium penetration testing for government and critical infrastructure. | Compliance audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001) | 51-200 staff | Part of LRQA |
P Pentest People CREST and CHECK-accredited UK penetration testing firm with an SecurePortal platform and transparent pricing for mid-market organizations. | 51-200 staff | Owned by GRC Group | |
Aristi CHECK and CREST-accredited Birmingham-based cyber security consultancy with over 15 years of experience delivering penetration testing, red teaming, and OT security assessments for government and private sector clients. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Owned by Limerston Capital |
Equilibrium Security CREST-accredited Birmingham-based cyber security consultancy delivering penetration testing, social engineering assessments, and Cyber Essentials certification for public and private sector clients. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Owned by Omni Cyber Security |
JUMPSEC Full-service London-based cybersecurity consultancy with CREST, CHECK, and NCSC accreditations delivering offensive testing, managed detection, and strategic advisory services. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Private |
MDSec Elite UK offensive security consultancy specialising in CBEST/STAR/TIBER red teaming, advanced adversary simulation, and CREST-accredited penetration testing for FTSE 100 clients. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Private |
RedSecLabs CREST-certified and PCI QSA penetration testing consultancy in London, delivering offensive security and compliance services across 25+ countries with research-driven expertise. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Private |
Salus Cyber Award-winning Cheltenham-based cybersecurity consultancy with NCSC CHECK Green Light status and CREST approval, specialising in defence, government, and critical national infrastructure security. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Part of LRQA |
Secarma Manchester-based independent cybersecurity consultancy with over 20 years of experience delivering CREST and CHECK-accredited penetration testing, red teaming, and compliance certification services. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Private |
SECFORCE UK offensive security consultancy delivering CREST-accredited penetration testing, adversary simulation and CBEST, TIBER-EU and TBEST threat-led testing, mainly for financial services and other large organisations. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Private |
Stripe OLT Award-winning CREST-certified managed cyber security and IT support provider with offices in Bristol, London, and Manchester, specialising in penetration testing and Microsoft security technologies. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Part of Littlefish |
Consider IT Edinburgh-based CREST-accredited IT and cybersecurity firm. Pen testing for Scottish public sector, financial services, and commercial clients. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Private |
Cyberis CREST and CHECK-accredited UK penetration testing consultancy with CBEST approval, specialising in infrastructure, application, and simulated attack assessments across the public and private sectors. | Penetration testing | 11-50 staff | Owned by Reply |
Aardwolf Security Boutique UK penetration testing consultancy in Milton Keynes specialising in manual, expert-led security assessments across web applications, APIs, cloud, and mobile platforms. | Penetration testing | 1-10 staff | Private |
Komodo Consulting Israeli-headquartered global cybersecurity consultancy with a UK presence, specialising in penetration testing and TIBER-EU red team exercises for Fortune 500 companies. | Penetration testing | 1-10 staff | Private |
Sencode CREST-accredited North East England penetration testing specialist founded in 2019, offering accessible and transparent security testing with free retests and a strong focus on social engineering. | Penetration testing | 1-10 staff | Private |
Solusec CREST-accredited UK penetration testing consultancy based in Shropshire, delivering web application, API, infrastructure, cloud, mobile, and AI/LLM testing. A small specialist team, with a retest included in every engagement. | Penetration testing | 1-10 staff | Private |
Cyphere CREST-accredited Manchester-based cyber security firm delivering penetration testing, managed security services, and compliance consultancy across the UK, Europe, and the USA. | Penetration testing | 1-10 staff | Private |
Antare Antare provides AI-powered body cameras and an evidence platform for frontline security. | Private | ||
Automiq Automiq is an automation strategy and transformation partner. | Security consulting and vCISO | Private | |
Bondgate IT Bondgate IT is a managed service provider founded in 1998. | Managed security services | Private | |
BSI Group ISO/IEC 27001 certification audits and information security training from the UK national standards body, which also certifies quality, safety and medical devices. | Compliance audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001) | Private | |
Copper Horse UK security consultancy doing threat modelling, training and research for connected vehicles, IoT and mobile products. | Automotive cybersecurity | Private | |
Corero Network Security Corero Network Security provides automatic DDoS protection for businesses and service providers. | DDoS protection | Public, CNS | |
C CronLab CronLab provides web and WiFi filtering services. | Private | ||
CybaVerse CybaVerse provides a unified cyber security operations platform called CybaOps. | Managed detection and response | Private | |
CybSafe CybSafe provides an AI-powered platform that helps organisations measure and change security behaviours to reduce breaches. | Security awareness and human risk | Private | |
Cydome Provides cybersecurity protection and risk management for maritime vessels, offshore facilities and ports. | OT and ICS security | Private | |
Deloitte Cyber advisory and managed security services, including managed extended detection and response, cloud security, digital identity and threat intelligence, from a global professional services network. | Managed security services | Private | |
Egress Software Technologies Ltd Egress provides cloud email security that uses adaptive controls to stop phishing and data loss. | Email security | Part of KnowBe4 | |
Ethixbase360 Ethixbase360 sells third-party risk management software and due diligence services. | Third-party risk and security ratings | Private | |
EY Cybersecurity consulting and managed services covering security transformation, incident response, data protection and privacy, identity and privileged access, and operational technology security. | Security consulting and vCISO | Private | |
Fendr Fendr provides AI usage controls for businesses. | AI and LLM security | Private | |
Forefront IT Security Services Forefront IT Security Services presents itself as a virtual cyber security team for organisations in the United Kingdom. | Penetration testing | Private | |
GTMaritime GTMaritime provides secure communication and cybersecurity software for maritime IT teams. | Email security | Owned by Valstone | |
HORIBA MIRA UK vehicle engineering and test centre offering threat modelling, CSMS support and security testing for vehicles. | Automotive cybersecurity | Owned by HORIBA | |
IDScan IDScan provides identity document verification software to authenticate customers and prevent fraud. | Identity and access management | Owned by GBG | |
Immersive Labs Immersive Labs sells a platform called Immersive One that helps organisations show how ready they are for cyber threats. | Security awareness and human risk | Private | |
Intertek Testing and certification group that helps vehicle makers and suppliers work towards ISO/SAE 21434 compliance. | Compliance audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001) | Public, ITRK | |
KPMG Cyber security consulting covering strategy and governance, security transformation and cyber threat management, plus cyber managed services and cloud security from member firms. | Security consulting and vCISO | Private | |
Mimecast Mimecast provides email security and human risk management services for organisations. | Email security | Owned by Permira | |
Netcraft Netcraft detects, disrupts and takes down phishing, fraud and other cybercrime threats for brands. | Digital risk and brand protection | Private | |
Nethermind Nethermind is a blockchain research, engineering and security company. | Security consulting and vCISO | Private | |
Notice Labs Notice Labs sells trust center software to software companies that face customer security reviews. | GRC and compliance automation | Private | |
OSINT Industries OSINT Industries provides open-source intelligence tools for online investigations. | OSINT tools | Private | |
Ossprey Security Ossprey Security is a cybersecurity company that focuses on detecting malicious code in open source dependencies. | Software supply chain and SBOM | Private | |
Outerlimit Outerlimit provides a security and authorization layer for agentic AI systems. | AI and LLM security | Private | |
Red Sift Red Sift provides email, domain and web security services to help organisations implement security protocols. | DMARC and email authentication | Private | |
Report URI Report URI is a client-side security platform that monitors and controls what runs in users' browsers. | DMARC and email authentication | Private | |
Revelion Revelion provides an autonomous AI pentester that simulates attacks to validate exploitability across estates. | Penetration testing | Private | |
RoboShadow RoboShadow provides daily vulnerability scanning and automated remediation for internal and external networks. | Vulnerability management | Private | |
SBD Automotive UK automotive consultancy that runs vehicle penetration tests, threat assessments and anti-theft testing for carmakers. | Automotive cybersecurity | Private | |
Sealgate SealGate provides a security gateway that governs how AI agents access company data. | AI and LLM security | Private | |
S Shufti Shufti provides identity verification, KYC, AML screening and fraud prevention software for businesses worldwide. | Fraud and payment fraud prevention | Private | |
Silobreaker Silobreaker provides a software platform that gathers and analyses security and risk intelligence for organisations. | Threat intelligence | Private | |
Soken Soken is a Web3 services firm based in London. | Penetration testing | Private | |
Trent AI Provides an AI security engineer that finds and fixes software risks using coding agents. | AI and LLM security | Private | |
ValidSoft ValidSoft provides voice authentication and deepfake detection. | MFA and passwordless authentication | Private | |
Vulert Vulert monitors open-source dependencies for vulnerabilities and license compliance without accessing source code. | Software supply chain and SBOM | Private | |
Web Sheriff Web Sheriff is an online rights protection agency founded in 2000. | Digital risk and brand protection | Private | |
42Crunch 42Crunch provides security governance for MCP servers and APIs used by AI agents. | API security | Private | |
CodeWall CodeWall builds autonomous attack agents that test enterprise security from the outside. | Penetration testing | Private | |
HackRisk HackRisk monitors external cyber risks for UK SMEs and provides a security score. | Third-party risk and security ratings | Part of CyberLab | |
Intruder Intruder provides continuous vulnerability scanning and attack surface management for cloud and web assets. | Vulnerability management | Private | |
Littlefish Littlefish provides managed IT services, cyber security, digital solutions, and data and AI services to organisations. | Managed security services | Owned by Bowmark Capital | |
Secvura Secvura reviews web and SaaS applications for security weaknesses and helps teams fix them. | Application security testing | Private | |
System Force IT System Force IT provides managed IT support, cyber security, and Microsoft 365 services to UK SMEs. | Managed security services | Private |
Categories in the United Kingdom
- Penetration testing companies 41 companies
- Cybersecurity consulting firms 39 companies
- Incident response firms 17 companies
- SOC 2 audit firms 16 companies
- MSSPs 16 companies
- Vulnerability management vendors 14 companies
- MDR providers 12 companies
- Security awareness training providers 10 companies
- Attack surface management vendors 8 companies
- AI security companies 8 companies