CQC & DSPT for Social Care

Protect resident care plans, medication records and family contacts before hackers find a way in.

Care Homes depend on digital care planning systems, eMAR, Wi-Fi and family communication apps. HackGuardX continuously scans your website, email domain, cloud and code for security vulnerabilities, so you can fix weaknesses before they become costly breaches. Enterprise-grade protection without the enterprise price tag.

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Your business is a target. Hackers only need one weakness.

A single cyberattack on one of the UK's care homes could expose resident care plans, medication records and family contacts, halt day-to-day operations and trigger regulatory reporting, fines and lasting reputational damage. Small firms are not too small to be targeted. Automated attacks scan every UK business for an easy way in.

Why care homes are targeted: Digital care records are now mandatory, but most homes run them on unmanaged Wi-Fi and shared tablets. An outage directly affects resident safety.

Peak risk window

Night shifts with minimal IT cover

UK compliance context

Aligned with CQC fundamental standards, the DSPT for adult social care and UK GDPR, NCSC Cyber Essentials technical controls and UK GDPR Article 32 security obligations.

The top cyber risks for Care Homes

Critical

Care Planning Outage from Ransomware

Locked digital care plans and eMAR systems endangering medication rounds.

High

Internet-Exposed Devices, CCTV & Building Systems

Cameras, door-entry, card terminals, routers and control systems left reachable from the internet with default passwords are easy targets.

Critical

Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace Account Takeover

A single phished password without MFA gives attackers your email, files and calendar, and lets them impersonate you to clients and suppliers.

Find your weaknesses before hackers do

HackGuardX continuously scans the digital infrastructure care homes rely on, helping you identify and fix threats before they become costly breaches.

External Attack Surface Discovery

Maps every internet-facing IP, device and service linked to your business so nothing is left exposed by accident.

Microsoft 365 & Workspace Auditing

Checks MFA coverage, legacy authentication, risky sharing links and admin roles across every user, in plain English.

Plain-English Fix Guides for Care Homes

Every finding comes with a prioritised, step-by-step fix you can action yourself or forward to your IT provider in one click.

Run a free security check for your care home domain

Passive and non-intrusive. Enter your domain and we'll email you the report.

Safe Passive DNS, TLS & Header Inspection

Non-intrusive public check • Active scanning requires verified ownership

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Care Homes: cybersecurity FAQs

Why would hackers target care homes?+

Digital care records are now mandatory, but most homes run them on unmanaged Wi-Fi and shared tablets. An outage directly affects resident safety.

What is the biggest cyber risk for care homes?+

Care Planning Outage from Ransomware. Locked digital care plans and eMAR systems endangering medication rounds.

Does HackGuardX help care homes with compliance?+

Yes. Aligned with CQC fundamental standards, the DSPT for adult social care and UK GDPR, NCSC Cyber Essentials technical controls and UK GDPR Article 32 security obligations. Every scan produces timestamped evidence you can share with insurers, regulators and clients.

How quickly can care homes get started?+

Run a free passive exposure check in under a minute with just your domain. Full continuous monitoring on the Managed plan connects in around 10 minutes, with no hardware or agents to install.