NIS2 The Way To More Security?

The NIS-2 Directive (Network and Information Security Directive) aims to improve and strengthen cybersecurity within the European Union. It defines minimum security requirements for operators of essential services and digital service providers. Companies and authorities should be better prepared for cyber threats and achieve a unified, coordinated approach to security incidents.

Can the current version of the NIS-2 Directive achieve this goal?

Many experts doubt this and see room for improvement. However, one should remember that every journey begins with a first step.

From my perspective, the NIS-2 Directive is a first step on a long journey. The often careless use of IT and the internet today can lead to significant damage to reputation, products, and financial losses, as numerous examples from various industries show. A change in thinking among those responsible is necessary here.

Software providers must take the issue of information security seriously and make concepts such as Secure by Design, Fail Secure, and Input Validation a mandatory part of development.

It is important that the necessary measures are not postponed but implemented immediately and comprehensively, as the threat to information security is real.

Frameworks such as ISO27001, BSI Basic Protection, and NIST frameworks offer valuable approaches for implementing security measures.

The initiative to implement NIS-2 must come from management (C-Level, executive management). Only with management sponsorship can the fulfillment of regulatory requirements be successfully achieved.