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Six Degrees DSPT Assessment Services for NHS and ICBs

Six Degrees delivers DSPT readiness and CAF-aligned assurance services designed for NHS and ICB environments, including evidence review, gap analysis, maturity assessment, and prioritised remediation planning. We help NHS organisations strengthen DSPT readiness by providing evidence-based assurance over cyber resilience controls.

We evaluate your organisation against the four CAF objectives:

• Managing Security Risk
• Protecting Against Cyber-Attack
• Detecting Cyber Security Events
• Minimising Impact and Recovery

This ensures a comprehensive and outcome-driven review of your cyber posture.

Why it Matters to NHS Organisations

For NHS organisations, aligning with the DSPT is about far more than meeting a compliance requirement. Alignment enables organisations to:

• Safeguard patient-critical systems and data
• Strengthen submissions with robust, auditable evidence
• Reduce risk of non-compliance or assurance gaps
• Support internal audit and board-level assurance
• Demonstrate real-world effectiveness of security controls (beyond checkbox compliance)
• Identify high-priority risks and vulnerabilities
• Improve incident response and recovery capability
• Strengthen board-level cyber governance

What We Deliver

Six Degrees’ DSPT readiness and CAF-aligned assurance services deliver:

• DSPT-aligned maturity and assurance review
• Clear mapping of CAF outcomes to DSPT evidence requirements
• Identification of gaps impacting compliance and audit readiness
• Prioritised roadmap to improve scores and resilience posture
• Executive report tailored for CIO/SIRO/Board assurance
• Prioritised remediation roadmap
• Executive-ready reporting for Boards and Audit Committees
• Alignment with NCSC and UK regulatory expectations

We assess your organisation against CAF outcomes mapped directly to DSPT controls, covering:

• Governance and accountability (DSPT leadership requirements)
• Risk management and assurance (DSPT evidence expectations)
• Technical controls (aligned to NHS cyber standards)
• Detection and response capabilities (incident reporting readiness)

Six Degrees’ assessments provide structured, expert-led evaluation (not tick-box audits) to identify meaningful improvements.

Bridging DSPT and CAF

Many NHS organisations rely on DSPT self-assessment, but struggle to demonstrate how controls perform under real-world conditions.

Our service:

• Maps DSPT requirements to CAF principles
• Provides objective, evidence-based validation
• Identifies gaps between policy compliance and operational resilience
• Strengthens assurance for internal audit, regulators, and boards
• Is built for NHS and ICB environments understanding healthcare complexities:
  • Clinical system dependencies
  • Legacy infrastructure risks
  • Third-party and supply chain exposure
  • Critical service continuity requirements

Start With a Complimentary NHS DSPT Readiness Discussion

Cyber resilience is a patient safety issue, not just IT, and it is critical to delivering safe and continuous healthcare services. Gain confidence in your next DSPT submission with independent, evidence-based insight into your cyber resilience. Book your complimentary NHS DSPT Readiness Discussion.