NIS2 | Summarised
The NIS2 Directive strengthens EU cybersecurity by broadening critical sector coverage, improving member state cooperation, and enforcing mandatory incident reporting for swift response and mitigation of cyber threats.
- Affects all Member States within the European Union
- Expands the requirements for “cybersecurity” including monitoring and incident management
- Aims to optimise the level of security between Member States and to strengthen resilience and response to incidents and attacks.
- Increased and more specified reporting obligations
- Consequences in case of breaches, sanctions for enforcement
- Should lead to more effective cooperation and information sharing mechanisms between authorities, entities and Member states.
- Management of large-scale cybersecurity incidents (EU-Cyclone)
- European Vulnerability Register
Enters into force on 18th of October 2024 and will be implemented in all member states.
Read more about NIS2 here.
