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NIS2 & Cybersecurity in Practice: Compliance Challenges

Abstract

The recently adopted NIS2 Directive places novel and stringent compliance requirements before a wide selection of essential and important entities (energy, transport, food production, telecoms, etc). The actual number of companies affected is even larger as direct suppliers are also included. NIS2 no longer demands just ordinary compliance but introduces ex ante risk assessment, management and mitigation requirements. Inexperienced companies will struggle as they learn strategic, organizational and operational implications of the new obligations. Top management plays a key role in overseeing NIS2 compliance requirements and making sure that key officers and units in the company work together. In-house counsel needs to work with top management to ensure that basic NIS2 compliance exists, that policies and procedures are in place and that all actors understand their respective roles and duties. We postulate that good NIS2 compliance, in spite of associated costs, also means more competitive products and services.

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Andrej Savin
Professor, CBS LAW, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Andrej Savin's is a professor of IT Law and Internet Law at Copenhagen Business School. His main research interests lie in Information Technology Law, and in particular EU policymaking in the digital single market, the regulation of new business models and Internet governance in the US and in Europe. Andrej Savin also works on law and management in the legal environment, in particular with focus on the interplay between law, ethics, business and society in the digital world. His works include books EU Internet Law, EU Telecommunications Law, Research Handbook on EU Internet Law and others.

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CBS LAW, Copenhagen Business School

CBS LAW is the law department at Copenhagen Business School.

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