BACKGROUND ON NIS DIRECTIVE
EU Directive 2016/1148 on Security of Network and Information
Systems (the "NIS Directive") regulates
the main EU legislative framework, which aims to achieve a high
common level of network and information systems security across the
European Union.
The NIS Directive applies to so-called Operators of
Essential Services ("OESs")
acting in sectors that heavily rely on information and
communications technology, such as Water Transport, Energy, Digital
Infrastructure, Banking and Financial Market, Healthcare or
Transport. The NIS Directive also applies to those Digital
Service Providers ("DSPs"), that normally
provide their services for remuneration, at a distance, by
electronic means and at the individual request of the recipient of
services.
