diff --git a/application/admin-client/src/pages/settings/index.tsx b/application/admin-client/src/pages/settings/index.tsx
index 5b34b259..5198f7ab 100644
--- a/application/admin-client/src/pages/settings/index.tsx
+++ b/application/admin-client/src/pages/settings/index.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { axiosInstance } from '../../providers/dataProvider'
 import { Info } from '@mui/icons-material'
 import { LogoUploader } from '../../components/LogoUploader'
+import { urlRegex } from '@common/src/regex'
 import { RESOURCES } from '../../constants'
 
 const SettingsPage = () => {
@@ -88,8 +89,7 @@ const SettingsPage = () => {
         <TextField
           {...register('tcLink', {
             pattern: {
-              value:
-                /https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/, //eslint-disable-line
+              value: urlRegex, //eslint-disable-line
               message: 'Invalid url, must include http(s)://...',
             },
           })}
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ const SettingsPage = () => {
         <TextField
           {...register('newsLink', {
             pattern: {
-              value:
-                /https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/, //eslint-disable-line
+              value: urlRegex, //eslint-disable-line
               message: 'Invalid url, must include http(s)://...',
             },
           })}
diff --git a/application/backend/package.json b/application/backend/package.json
index 59138bfb..1ba9d9b3 100644
--- a/application/backend/package.json
+++ b/application/backend/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.0.2",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@braintree/sanitize-url": "^7.1.2",
     "@prisma/client": "^5.20.0",
     "@tsoa/runtime": "^6.6.0",
     "ajv": "^8.18.0",
diff --git a/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.test.ts b/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.test.ts
index 99551e33..c21e53da 100644
--- a/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.test.ts
+++ b/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,28 @@ describe('SettingsController', () => {
 
       expect(response.status).toBe(422)
     })
+
+    it('should fail to update if newsLink does not match URL Regex', async () => {
+      const reqBody = { newsLink: 'string' }
+
+      const response = await request(app)
+        .patch('/settings')
+        .set({ Authorization: `Bearer ${orgAdminToken}` })
+        .send(reqBody)
+
+      expect(response.status).toBe(422)
+    })
+
+    it('should fail to update if tcLink does not match URL Regex', async () => {
+      const reqBody = { tcLink: 'string' }
+
+      const response = await request(app)
+        .patch('/settings')
+        .set({ Authorization: `Bearer ${orgAdminToken}` })
+        .send(reqBody)
+
+      expect(response.status).toBe(422)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('GET /settings/userportal', () => {
diff --git a/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts b/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts
index a291c553..ae1fa52f 100644
--- a/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts
+++ b/application/backend/src/controllers/SettingsController.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ import {
   Post,
   UploadedFile,
   Security,
+  ValidateError,
 } from 'tsoa'
 import { Readable } from 'stream'
+import logger from 'common/src/logger'
 import type {
   GetSettingsResponse,
   GetUserPortalSettingsResponse,
@@ -29,6 +31,17 @@ import { NotFoundErrorResponse } from 'common/types/api/errors'
 import { NotFoundError } from '../middlewares/ErrorHandler'
 import { auditLog } from '../middlewares/AuditLog'
 import { processLogoImage } from 'common/src/imageHelpers'
+import { urlRegex } from 'common/src/regex'
+import { sanitizeUrl } from '@braintree/sanitize-url'
+
+function sanitiseAndValidateUrl(link: string) {
+  const validatedUrl = sanitizeUrl(link)
+  if (urlRegex.test(validatedUrl)) {
+    return validatedUrl
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('urlRegex failed')
+  }
+}
 
 @Route('settings')
 @Tags('Settings')
@@ -71,7 +84,21 @@ export class SettingsController extends Controller {
   @Security('jwt', ['OrganisationAdmin'])
   @Response<ValidateErrorResponse>('422', 'Validation Failed')
   public async updateSettings(@Body() bodyRequest: UpdateSettingsRequest) {
-    await prisma.organisation.update({ where: { id: 1 }, data: bodyRequest })
+    const data = bodyRequest
+    // There is already validation on Admin Portal UI but best to not store unsanitized data
+    Object.keys(data)
+      .filter((urlKey) => urlKey === 'newsLink' || urlKey === 'tcLink')
+      .forEach((key) => {
+        try {
+          data[key] = sanitiseAndValidateUrl(data[key] as string)
+        } catch (err) {
+          const errorMessage: string = `Link is not acceptable URL: ${data.newsLink}`
+          logger.error({ errorMessage, err })
+          throw new ValidateError({}, errorMessage)
+        }
+      })
+
+    await prisma.organisation.update({ where: { id: 1 }, data: data })
   }
 
   @Get('/userportal')
diff --git a/application/common/src/regex.ts b/application/common/src/regex.ts
index 6482b916..2c349b68 100644
--- a/application/common/src/regex.ts
+++ b/application/common/src/regex.ts
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 export const emailRegex = /^[\w.-]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,63}$/
+
+export const urlRegex =
+  /^https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_+.~#?&//=]*)$/
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a7c8eb3e..5e5431d1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -812,6 +812,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@braintree/sanitize-url@npm:^7.1.2":
+  version: 7.1.2
+  resolution: "@braintree/sanitize-url@npm:7.1.2"
+  checksum: 10c0/62f2aa0cf58626e3880b2dc1025c42064b4639abd157ae4e1c35f4c2f5031e9273772046a423979845069c814e27ff818e8e669280dc53585e6f033d5b7a59cb
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@chakra-ui/anatomy@npm:2.2.2":
   version: 2.2.2
   resolution: "@chakra-ui/anatomy@npm:2.2.2"
@@ -6517,6 +6524,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "backend@workspace:application/backend"
   dependencies:
+    "@braintree/sanitize-url": "npm:^7.1.2"
     "@jest/globals": "npm:^29.7.0"
     "@prisma/client": "npm:^5.20.0"
     "@tsoa/runtime": "npm:^6.6.0"