NIS 2.0 - Reform Of The European Network And Information Security Directive

On 16.12.2020, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2 Directive). This proposal aims to replace and further develop the NIS Directive, which entered into force in 2016 and is one of the most important pieces of EU-wide cybersecurity legislation.

NIS1 - Directive

One of the aims of the NIS Directive (implemented in Germany by the Federal IT Security Act) was to increase Member State capacities in the field of cyber security. The Member States had to designate competent authorities for monitoring compliance with the Directive as well as central contact points as liaison offices for supranational cooperation (in Germany, the "BSI") and set up computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs). In order to strengthen cooperation at Union level, a cooperation group consisting of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and the EU Agency for Cyber Security (ENI