The Whats, Whens, and Hows of NIS2

In December 2020, the European Parliament proposed a successor to the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, namely the NIS2 Directive. This successor is needed because the rise in cyber threats and exponential digitalisation of the EU caused the original NIS to become inadequate. The new directive is now nearing its adoption, and although it is not finalised yet, the broad outlines are largely known already. In this blogpost the whats, whens and hows of the NIS2 are described and the consequences for organisations.