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7Safe Services

eDiscovery
7Safe’s London eDiscovery and litigation support services including processing using NUIX and legal review featuring Relativity and CaseLogistix on the iPad and iPhone.
Penetration Testing
7Safe’s security assurance featuring Vulnerability Assessment, Infrastructure Penetration Testing, Application Security Assessment and Web Application Security Assessment, PCI penetration testing, research labs and knowledge base.
PCI DSS
PCI DSS Compliance Consulting services for Merchants and Service Providers looking to gain compliance with the PCI Standard.
Computer Forensics
7Safe’s computer forensics team have a wealth of hi-tech law enforcement and commercial arena experience and contribute to the ACPO guidelines for electronic evidence
Training & Education
Global University-accredited information security training and hacking training featuring the CSTA, CSTP and CAST certifications which are premium and hands-on, (check wording) that are superior to the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) qualifications.

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News & Events

PA’s 7Safe education team backs UK Cyber Security Challenge
The winner of the second annual UK Cyber Security Challenge, supported by 7Safe education services, part of PA Consulting Group, has been awarded a place on 7Safe’s leading information security certification course. PA’s Alan Phillips, IT security and risk expert presented the award to Cambridge University student Jonathan Millican, who was crowned the winne […]
Responding to the MS12-020 security vulnerability
On 13th March 2012, Microsoft released a security patch for the MS12-020 vulnerability relating to the remote desktop protocol (RDP). The identified vulnerability allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on systems running vulnerable RDP services over the network which could lead to denial of service attacks, or worse, to loss of sensitive data stored […]
Cyber experts share insights into why cyber security is no longer just a technical issue.
Cyber business is considered a main engine for future economic growth and the opportunity to use related technologies, such as the cloud, to reduce costs is a key part of the agenda for many organisations. Yet cyber crime is also increasing as are the indications that it is still not being treated seriously or is […]
Understanding the security risk from XPATH 2.0 – meet PA at Black Hat Europe 2012
On 14 March, PA Consulting Group’s Sumit Siddharth will be speaking at the world’s premier IT security event, Black Hat Europe 2012, focusing on the vulnerabilities associated with the programming language, XPATH 2.0. To schedule a meeting with Sumit during the conference, please contact us now. Sumit is a specialist in application and database security, [.. […]
PA Consulting Group acquires 7Safe Ltd to enhance its cyber security service
PA Consulting Group is pleased to announce that it has acquired 7Safe Ltd, a leading cyber security consultancy head-quartered in Cambridge. 7Safe’s expertise in security risk assessment, computer forensics, eDiscovery and education complements PA’s own long-established cyber security, risk and resilience capability, which has been in high demand in securing […]
Cyber Security Skill Gap Highlights Training Needs
An alarming increase in cyber attacks have recently been seen in the UK, many incidents of which have been widely reported in the media. The issue has naturally drawn attention to the urgency for companies to improve their security measures. Ironically, the UK has seen a huge drop in the number of pupils undertaking computing […]
Interview With 7Safe Pentester Reveals Latest Tools & Exploits in IT Security
Head of Penetration Testing at 7safe Sumit Sidharth (Sid), was recently interviewed by the Pentest Magazine to provide insights into his specialism in application and database security. Speaking from over seven years of successful experience within the IT Security Industry, ‘Sid’ talks candidly about his contributions towards a number of white-papers, articl […]
Brit PhD Student Excels in Pentagon Digi-Forensics Challenge
A computer science student from Lancaster University has become the UK winner of the digital forensics challenge, a global competition designed and hosted by the US Department of Defense. Christopher Richardson (AKA Ikarus) came first in the UK and ninth internationally among 1,791 competitors from 52 countries. The challenge was designed to test the ability […]
Hacking Oracle From the Web: Part 2
The first sequel of this paper was released in 2010 and it discussed the privileges needed to execute OS code when exploiting a SQL Injection in a web application which has an Oracle back-end. This paper examines new techniques to execute multiple statements via SQL Injection. No special privileges are needed to use these techniques […]
The 7Safe Penetration Testing team introduce Server Hardening
Server Hardening, sometimes referred to as a build review, is a relatively new service offered by 7Safe. This service is designed to assist IT management and security teams with the task of creating and adhering to defined policies or rule sets, whilst still providing useable systems. Many modern operating systems have advanced security measures and […]