According to the Slovenian Minister for Public Administration, Bostjan Koritnik, measures to create a standard, more resilient, and high level of cybersecurity across the bloc got approval from Telecommunications Ministers of the European Union.
The newly approved measures also include a new directive called “NIS2” (the Network and Information Security 2), which is an expansion of the existing NIS (Network and Information Security) directive, first cybersecurity legislation across all the blocs of the EU. The NIS aimed to create a standard level of cybersecurity across the member states of the EU. The directive increased the cybersecurity capabilities of the member states, but its implementation proved difficult, which caused its fragmentation at different levels across the internal market.
The main aim of the new proposal is to strengthen the security requirements and increase the robustness and incident handling capabilities of both the public and private sectors or, even, the EU.
Bostjan Koritnik, in a statement, also said that “The new NIS directive will play a crucial role in strengthening cybersecurity in our increasingly digitalised world, where cyber threats may have unprecedented implications on society, the economy, and democracy.”
Once the new “NIS2” directive is adopted, it will replace the present regulations on the security of networks and information systems.
By- Shubhangi Kumari Mishra
(Content Writer, WCSF)
NIS actually is a great initiative since it aims at creating a common and high level of cybersecurity for all the nations of the EU. However, as the above article states, with the rollout of NIS2, the policy implementers must keep in mind the drawbacks of NIS and act accordingly.
The NIS will bring uniformity in laws amongst all the EU blocs which was earlier lacking leading to a slack in the cybersecurity laws. The directive strengthens this, bringing the states under one umbrella thus enhancing the capabilities to detect the attack and related things.
The EU approved measure NIS2 is need of time for All the world but not only the EU Member, because whole world suffered from threat of cyber security as the use of internet increases.
These law and guidelines are demand of time but India still didn’t get personal data protection bill. We need to work on this as fast as EU. Otherwise Company will continue play with consumers
NIS2 is the way forward for the EU cyber world. The new rules and provisions will definitely combat cyber threats and protect people up to a great extent.