Cyber Security for Estate Agents — UK Property & Conveyancing Firms
UK estate agents hold clients' deeply personal data (ID, source-of-funds, mortgage offer PDFs) AND facilitate 6-figure money movements via email. Together, that's one of the highest-value attack surfaces per-seat in UK B2B. We deliver mailbox monitoring, AML-aware client-kyc handling, and the controls that protect agency reputation.
£17m+
annual UK conveyancing fraud losses (frequently initiated via estate agent mailboxes — SRA)
5 yrs+
for which property transaction records must be retained (UK GDPR + AML)
24/7
Gridisys managed SOC for UK estate agencies — no contract
Special cat
AML records are special category if revealing source-of-funds suspicions
Cybersecurity Consulting + 24/7 SOC Monitoring
Every Gridisys engagement is built on two pillars — strategic consulting to design the right controls, and managed SOC monitoring to keep them effective.
Cybersecurity Consulting
UK consulting engagements: risk assessment, security architecture, conditional access design, compliance (Cyber Essentials, UK GDPR, FCA PS21/3, NIS2), incident-response planning. Board-ready documentation, no jargon, no surprise invoices.
- Risk assessment + security architecture review
- Conditional access + Entra ID hardening design
- Cyber Essentials / UK GDPR / FCA / NIS2 compliance support
- Incident response planning + tabletop exercises
- Vendor + supply-chain security assessment
- Board / DPO reporting + evidence pack
Managed SOC Monitoring · 24/7
AI-augmented Security Operations Centre — continuous monitoring across Microsoft 365 / Entra ID, Defender, on-prem, and cloud. UK-based analysts, sub-hour triage on critical alerts. No long contract required.
- 24/7 SIEM monitoring — Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, Azure, on-prem logs
- BEC + mailbox-compromise + OAuth grant abuse detection
- Suspicious sign-in + conditional access drift alerting
- Ransomware + lateral-movement detection from EDR + Defender
- Sub-hour triage on critical alerts, monthly ops report
- Optional + integrated with consulting engagements
Most engagements start with consulting (1-2 weeks), then SOC monitoring (ongoing ) keeps the controls effective.
Pricing tailored to your needs
Every engagement is scoped to your environment and requirements. Book a free consultation for a tailored quote — no obligation.
What we cover
Practical, board-ready consulting — no jargon, no surprise invoices.
Managed SOC for M365 / Entra
24/7 monitoring of mailboxes that handle client ID, mortgage offer documents, and bank instructions. Surfaces the entry patterns of mailbox compromise that become fraudulent bank-detail changes to buyers.
Conveyancing email-chain protection
Monitor messages-within-conveyancing chains for tampering. Alert when an email address book entry changes unexpectedly, when bank details in a property transaction shift, and when third-party solicitors' addresses appear in active chains.
AML supervised firm evidence pack
HMRC, ARLA Propertymark or local council AML supervision requires documented policies, controls, regular reviews, training, and an MLRO log. We scaffold the evidence pack directly aligned to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 + 2019.
Client Money Protection (CMP) controls
If your firm holds client deposits in a CMP-covered account, the technical controls matter: MFA on banking access, segregated mailbox for financial correspondence, segregated admin accounts, authorised payment list. We document these for CMP scheme compliance reviews.
Identity document handling
AML source-of-funds + ID document handling is special category data and a prime target for fraudsters (for ID theft). We design the access controls, retention limits, secure-send mechanisms for ID documents, and consent-handling for sharing with conveyancers.
RSPEAR audit readiness
Estate agents registered with HMRC for AML supervision face annual compliance audits. We document the technical + organisational controls that satisfy Coordinator's audit checklist — ready for inspection.
How we work
Scoping (Week 1)
Confirm your AML supervisor (HMRC, ARLA, or local council), CMP scheme membership, jurisdictions covered, current M365 / Entra posture, and conveyancing email volumes.
Deploy (Week 1-2)
Connect M365 / Entra to Gridisys SOC. Configure conditional access. Set up mailbox-monitoring with conveyancing-chain awareness (third-party solicitor/conveyancer emails treated at heightened scrutiny).
AML / CMP evidence (Week 2-3)
Document the AML technical + organisational controls. Document CMP banking access segregation. Train conveyancing staff on exercising bank detail changes via callback verification.
Operate (ongoing)
24/7 monitoring + monthly principal-level reporting + on-call for incident triage. Coordinate with solicitors / conveyancers if mailbox compromise is detected to mitigate fraud before it lands.
Sectors we protect
Cybersecurity for estate agents that protects conveyancing
Free 30-minute consultation. We assess your AML + CMP evidence gaps and the live mailbox-monitoring exposure that puts every conveyancing chain at risk.
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