CAF Compliance Made Simple: Cynerio’s New Dashboard for UK Healthcare Providers

As cyber threats escalate across UK healthcare, compliance with the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) has become essential. Developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), CAF defines the cybersecurity standards NHS Trusts and healthcare providers must meet under the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations.

But while the framework is critical, the path to compliance can feel like a tangle of spreadsheets, risk registers, and fragmented documentation. Many teams face the same challenges: mapping technical controls to policy requirements, aligning multiple departments, and justifying readiness with limited resources.

That’s why Cynerio built the CAF Compliance Dashboard: to simplify the journey to compliance while strengthening your hospital’s security posture.

What the CAF Dashboard Covers

Our dashboard maps Cynerio’s Policy and Risk Management (PRM) and Network Detection and Response for Healthcare (NDR-H) capabilities to each of the four CAF objectives so that your team can instantly access information about your Trust’s current compliance posture, and what is needed to improve it: 

A: Managing Security Risk

• Always-current inventory of IoT, OT, and IoMT devices
• Risk scores, prioritisation, and mitigation workflows
• Asset importance aligned to operational impact

B: Protecting Against Cyber Attacks

• Privileged access visibility and authentication checks
• Risk dashboards to monitor device exposure
• Role-based access tracking and reporting

C: Detecting Security Events

• Real-time detection of indicators of compromise and unusual behaviour
• Full packet and protocol visibility
• Searchable logs for faster investigation

D: Minimising Incident Impact

• Built-in incident response tools
• Root cause analysis with forensic data
• One-click export of evidence and reports for auditors
  

Built for Every CAF Stakeholder

Whether you're setting strategy, managing compliance, or deploying technical controls, the CAF Dashboard is designed for you: 

• Security leaders gain clarity on how Cynerio maps to CAF outcomes
• Compliance and risk managers get audit-ready views that align with DSPT reporting
• IT and biomed teams can track mitigation efforts and device-specific risks in real time
  

For NHS Trusts not yet using Cynerio’s NDR-H platform, the dashboard makes a strong case for why visibility and detection are critical to meeting CAF Objectives C and D. These objectives focus on identifying and responding to threats in real time, capabilities that traditional asset inventory or perimeter tools alone can’t provide. Recent high-profile incidents across the NHS highlight just how critical that real-time capability has become.

Why CAF Matters Now

In the past year, NHS organisations have come under increasing scrutiny during cyber incident reviews and audits.

• In June 2024, a ransomware attack on Synnovis, a pathology services provider for major London hospitals, disrupted care and triggered urgent reviews by the NCSC and NHS officials.
• In January 2025, the National Audit Office reported that 58 critical UK government systems, including many in the NHS, had serious gaps in cyber resilience.

As a result, NHS England and Integrated Care Systems are increasingly encouraging providers to show solid alignment with CAF’s four core objectives. For many trusts, this now includes demonstrating CAF compliance via the annual Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT) submission. 

The Cynerio platform now complements its DSPT metrics with its new CAF Compliance Dashboard, giving teams a clear, centralised way to track and report compliance against CAF standards while supporting DSPT submissions with evidence-based insights.

The Cost of Non-Compliance

While penalties under NIS Regulations are not always immediate, the consequences of unpreparedness during a cyber event or failed audit are real:

• Prolonged incident recovery timelines
• Increased regulator and public scrutiny
• Potential financial and reputational damage
  

With the Cynerio CAF Compliance Dashboard, your healthcare provider is better equipped to defend against those risks and demonstrate leadership in cybersecurity, care continuity, and regulatory alignment.

Ready to Simplify CAF Compliance?

Request a demo today to see how Cynerio’s platform can support your NHS Trust or healthcare organisation in aligning with the UK’s Cyber Assessment Framework.