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Cyber Security for Veterinary Practices

Your patients can't tell you they've been breached.
Your monitoring should.

Dedicated veterinary surgery cyber security monitoring built for practices like yours. 24/7 analyst coverage, clinical data protection, and Cyber Essentials certification — deployed in five working days, from £335/month.

78%
of UK vet practices rely on networked clinical systems daily
72 hrs
ICO breach notification deadline under UK GDPR
5 days
From order to live monitoring — next-day UK hardware delivery
24/7
Named analyst coverage — not a chatbot, not a ticket queue
Why veterinary practices are targeted

Small veterinary practice, big target.
Attackers know it. Do you?

When it comes to cyber security for veterinary surgeries, practices often don't consider themselves “high value” targets. But ransomware gangs target healthcare-adjacent organisations precisely because they hold sensitive data and can't afford downtime — your practice management system, patient records, and diagnostic equipment are all required for safe clinical operation.

A small veterinary practice holds client personal data, payment card details, insurance records, and controlled drug registers — all regulated, all valuable on the dark web, and all requiring protection under UK GDPR and RCVS professional standards.

Read the complete vet practice guide

Clinical system dependency
RxWorks, VetIT, Provet Cloud, IDEXX Neo — ransomware that locks your PMS creates an immediate clinical risk, not just an IT problem.
Sensitive personal data
Client contact details, payment information, and insurance records are regulated under UK GDPR. A breach triggers ICO notification obligations within 72 hours.
Controlled drug registers
The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 require accurate, auditable electronic records. Data integrity is a legal obligation, not optional.
Connected diagnostic equipment
X-ray systems, blood analysers, and ultrasound machines sit on your network. Each one is an attack surface that generic antivirus doesn't cover.
What's in the box

Veterinary surgery cyber security monitoring.
Everything your practice needs. One invoice.

Named Analyst

A dedicated cyber security analyst who learns your practice environment, your clinical systems, and your regulatory context from day one.

Included

EmilyAI Detection

Eight years in production. Pre-processes every alert, eliminates 92% of noise, and hands your analyst only the threats that matter to your practice.

Included

Clinical Data Protection

DLP policies pre-configured for healthcare and clinical data. Monitors for exfiltration of patient records, client PII, and controlled drug data.

Included

Cyber Essentials

Certification consulting, audit preparation, and the badge — all included. Demonstrate compliance to the RCVS, your insurer, and your clients. Full guide.

Included

Cyber Liability Insurance

Government-backed cover activated through your Cyber Essentials certification. Breach response costs, regulatory defence, and business interruption — included. What insurers want.

Included

Dark Web Monitoring

Continuous scanning for your practice credentials, staff email addresses, and prescribing identities on dark web marketplaces and criminal forums.

Included
Threats to veterinary practices

Proper healthcare cyber security for your small veterinary practice.
These are the threats that target you.

Cyber security for veterinary practices in the UK requires understanding the specific attack vectors that target healthcare-adjacent organisations. Generic security tools miss the context. Your analyst and EmilyAI don't.

Ransomware: what UK small businesses need to know

Ransomware
Encrypts your practice management system, patient records, and diagnostic archives. Clinical operations stop immediately. Recovery without tested backups can cost £30,000–£80,000.
Phishing & credential theft
Emails impersonating IDEXX, Axiom, pet insurers, or RCVS — designed to harvest portal credentials. Staff handling insurance claims and supplier invoices are the primary targets. How to spot phishing.
Invoice fraud
Supplier impersonation with updated bank details. Pharmaceutical and equipment invoices are high-value targets — a single redirected payment can exceed £10,000.
Insider threats
Departing staff, locums, and placement students with unrevoked access. Behavioural baselines and anomaly detection catch bulk downloads and privilege escalation. Learn more.
Diagnostic equipment compromise
Networked X-ray systems and blood analysers often run older operating systems. Without network segmentation, a vulnerability in one device provides a pathway into your entire practice network.
Compliance & regulation

RCVS. GDPR. Controlled drugs.
We understand the obligations.

RCVS Standards

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons expects practices to maintain appropriate data protection measures. Continuous monitoring and certification demonstrate professional compliance.

UK GDPR

Client personal data, payment records, and insurance details are all regulated. A breach triggers 72-hour ICO notification. Your analyst monitors for data exfiltration in real time.

Controlled Drugs

The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 require accurate, auditable electronic controlled drug registers. Data integrity monitoring ensures your records remain tamper-proof.

Confidence Score

A monthly board-ready report from your named analyst. Demonstrates your security posture to the RCVS, your insurer, and your practice directors — in plain English. How it works.

Further reading

Expert cyber security for veterinary practices UK — the detail.

The Complete Vet Practice Guide

Threats, regulatory obligations, and practical controls — written specifically for UK veterinary practices.

Read

Ransomware for Small UK Businesses

What you actually need to know about ransomware — the attack chain, the costs, and the controls that work.

Read

Cyber Essentials Guide

The complete Cyber Essentials certification guide for UK small businesses — what's covered, what it costs, and why it matters.

Read

Phishing Attacks in 2025

Phishing is getting harder to spot. What small businesses — including vet practices — need to know to protect their staff.

Read

Download the Veterinary Practice Cyber Security Guide

Everything you need to know — threats, regulatory obligations, practical controls, and how SOC in a Box protects veterinary practices like yours.

Download Guide (PDF)

Cyber security for your veterinary surgery.
Deployed in five working days.

Book a 30-minute scoping call. We'll map your current security position, explain what's covered, name your analyst, and quote your price — with no obligation.

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