HMRC RTI & Payroll Data

Your payroll runs, employee bank details and NI numbers are a target. Find the weaknesses first.

Payroll Bureaus depend on payroll software, BACS bureau access and client upload portals. 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 payroll bureaus could expose payroll runs, employee bank details and NI numbers, 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 payroll bureaus are targeted: A payroll bureau controls BACS payments for dozens of employers. Altering one file can steal a whole month's wages.

Peak risk window

Monthly and weekly payroll runs

UK compliance context

Aligned with HMRC RTI requirements, CIPP guidance and UK GDPR, NCSC Cyber Essentials technical controls and UK GDPR Article 32 security obligations.

The top cyber risks for Payroll Bureaus

Critical

BACS File Tampering & Payroll Diversion

Altered employee bank details submitted via spoofed client emails before payroll runs.

Critical

Invoice & Payment Diversion Fraud

Criminals hijack or imitate email threads at payroll bureaus and send altered bank details just before a payment is made, often for sums that never come back.

Critical

Personal Data Exposed in Cloud Storage

Shared drives, Dropbox links and cloud buckets left public expose identity documents and personal records, a reportable ICO breach.

Find your weaknesses before hackers do

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

Payment-Fraud Exposure Monitoring

Flags missing MFA, suspicious mailbox forwarding rules and weak DMARC: the three gaps behind most UK payment-diversion losses.

Cloud Storage & Sharing Audits

Finds public buckets, anyone-with-the-link shares and unencrypted storage holding personal data before anyone else does.

Plain-English Fix Guides for Payroll Bureaus

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

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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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Payroll Bureaus: cybersecurity FAQs

Why would hackers target payroll bureaus?+

A payroll bureau controls BACS payments for dozens of employers. Altering one file can steal a whole month's wages.

What is the biggest cyber risk for payroll bureaus?+

BACS File Tampering & Payroll Diversion. Altered employee bank details submitted via spoofed client emails before payroll runs.

Does HackGuardX help payroll bureaus with compliance?+

Yes. Aligned with HMRC RTI requirements, CIPP guidance 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 payroll bureaus get started?+

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