Organisations and risk management leaders across Europe are hyper-focused on preparing for Member States’ implementation of the recently updated NIS2 Directive. The new legislation will take effect in October 2024, raising the collective resilience of European critical infrastructure by enforcing seven broad security requirements. NIS2 does not explicitly discuss OT and IoT assets and networks, but implicitly includes these in its many requirements.
Nozomi Networks recently directed a survey to gauge preparedness for aligning OT and IoT security to the NIS2 Directive. Based on interviews with 300 IT security decision-makers in Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands, the research found that “the upcoming NIS2 legislation will prove to be a substantial challenge for essential and important organisations representing critical infrastructure industries. ...read more!
