eco BXL Talk: NIS2 – Cybersecurity in Europe

Security of services, products and networks is taking on an increasingly important role in the digital sphere. The first EU-wide law on cybersecurity, the NIS Directive, came into force in 2016 and helped achieve a higher and more even level of security of network and information systems across the EU. With the recently presented Revision (NIS2) the EU Commission tries to strengthen it even further and aims to cover a much wider group of sectors, including providers of public electronic communications networks or services, social networking services platforms, space or postal and courier services.

This gives rise to the question, which regulatory field do we need for cybersecurity in Europe? Is the extension of the covered services for NIS really the right way forward? Or do we need to crack down harder on the currently bound services which do not pay enough attention to the security of their ICT-systems?