The NIS2 Directive continues to evolve – and organisations must keep pace. On 20 January 2026, the Commission unveiled a set of targeted amendments to the NIS2 Directive (“the Proposal“), signalling the next phase of its push to modernise and streamline the EU’s cybersecurity legal framework.
Positioned within a broader legislative package, also
Continue Reading EU: NIS2 Update – EU Moves to Harmonise Cyber Controls, Refine Scope, and Add New In-Scope Entities
Over the last decade, the EU has launched an unprecedented constellation of laws: GDPR, the AI Act, the Data Act, NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act, DORA, DSA, DMA, eIDAS 2.0 and more. Together – under the ‘Digital Decade’ banner – they aim to form a powerful framework to protect fundamental rights, promote trustworthy technology and
Continue Reading EU: Digital Autofocus – Will Europe’s Digital Omnibus bring clarity to Regulation?
On June 26, 2025, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published two sets of guidelines to help businesses ensure their organizational compliance with the NIS2 Directive.
The aim of the guidelines is to support companies in understanding how legal requirements translate into operational activities, particularly regarding (i) roles and skills for professionals within essential
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The NIS2 Directive has significantly reshaped the cybersecurity landscape across the EU. Since the implementation deadline in October 2024, EU Member States have been working to incorporate new standards into their national laws, fostering a dynamic and rapidly evolving regulatory environment. Recently, Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published the draft NIS2 Risk Management Measures
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Since its announcement during the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, there has been much anticipation over the contents of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (“CS&R Bill“) and in particular the extent to which it will bring the UK into alignment with its European counterpart, the NIS2 directive. Currently, cyber regulation in
Continue Reading UK: Will UK cyber reforms keep step with NIS2?
Today marks the deadline for EU Member State implementation of the Network and Information Systems Directive II (“NIS2“) into national law.
NIS2 is part of the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy and repeals and replaces the original NIS Directive which entered into force in 2016 (with Member State implementation by 9 May 2018). Much like
Continue Reading EU: NIS2 Member State implementation deadline has arrived
In the much anticipated first King’s Speech of the new Labour Government on 17 July 2024, the monarch announced that the long anticipated Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill (CS&R Bill) would be amongst those new laws making their way onto Parliament’s schedule for the next year. Six years on from the implementation of the
Continue Reading UK: The UK Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill – a different approach to NIS2 or a British sister act?
