Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Implementation Of The Directive In Portugal

The directive seeks to improve the protection of critical infrastructure against different threats and to harmonise cross-border cooperation between competent authorities.

European framework

Directive (EU) 2022/2557¹ (Critical Entities Resilience Directive - "CER Directive") aims to strengthen the ability of Member States to protect critical infrastructure from threats such as cyber-attacks, natural disasters, terrorism or public health emergencies. Specifically, this Directive establishes a common legal framework to ensure that critical organisations in strategic sectors adopt appropriate prevention, preparedness, response and recovery measures. The initiative arises from the need to harmonise national legislation and to strengthen cross-border cooperation between