Advantages and disadvantages of the NIS2 directive
NIS2 and ISO/IEC 27001 - Towards a cyber resilience of the European Union

Like all new developments, the NIS2 directive has both advantages and disadvantages.

• Benefits

  • Optimized protection of critical and important entities against cyber-attacks.

  • Organization of a European cyberdefense shield to counter cyberattacks.

  • Coordination of institutions and states in the fight against cybercrime.

  • Improved event and security incident management processes.

  • Organization of major incident notification between States, between digital service operators and their suppliers.

• Disadvantages

  • Complex implementation throughout the European Union.

  • Costs generated by the obligation to implement cyber defense and cyber resilience resources.

  • Risk of penalties in the event of failure...