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IT Governance and Compliance / Policies and Infrastructure

NIS2 Directive

To improve cybersecurity standards in companies, the European Union has issued the National Information Security Standard 2 (NIS-2 Directive). It aims to better protect critical infrastructures against supply chain vulnerabilities, ransomware attacks, and other cyber threats.

Companies, service providers, and utilities are required to implement risk and security management and to apply cybersecurity measures.

iperdi IT-Security is your partner for IT and cybersecurity. We support you in meeting the requirements of the NIS-2 Directive.

We are happy to advise you on the following topics:

  • Risk assessments
  • Policies and procedures
  • Industry standards for the use of cryptography
  • Handling security incidents
  • Security of DevSecOps
  • Training and awareness for cybersecurity
  • Data handling procedures
  • Business continuity management
  • Access control and MFA
  • Supply chain security

If you operate in the following areas, the NIS-2 Directive applies to you:


Essential Service Providers and Utilities:

  • Energy: electricity, district heating and cooling, oil, natural gas, hydrogen
  • Manufacture of pharmaceutical products (including vaccines)
  • Drinking water and wastewater
  • Transport
  • Banking (excluding central banks)
  • Financial services
  • Health
  • Digital infrastructure – Internet Exchange Points (IXPs),
  • DNS providers, TLD name registries, cloud computing data center providers, content delivery networks, trust services, public electronic communications networks, electronic communications services
  • ICT service management (business-to-business)
  • Space industry
  • Central and regional public administrations

Important Service Providers and Utilities:

  • Postal and courier services
  • Waste management
  • Chemicals - manufacturing, production, distribution
  • Food - manufacturing, processing, distribution
  • Manufacture of medical devices
  • Manufacture of computers, electronic and optical products, electrical equipment, machinery, as well as motor vehicles and other transport equipment
  • Digital providers: online marketplaces, search engines, and social networking platform services

›› Link to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)



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