What is NIS2?
Network and Information Security Directive 2
EU directive expanding cybersecurity requirements to more sectors and imposing stricter incident reporting, risk management, and supply chain security obligations with personal liability for management.
NIS2 replaced the original NIS Directive in January 2023, with member state transposition deadlines in October 2024. It dramatically expands scope from ~100 operators of essential services per country to thousands of 'essential' and 'important' entities across 18 sectors including energy, transport, healthcare, digital infrastructure, ICT service management, and public administration.
Article 21 mandates specific risk management measures that map directly to SASE capabilities: risk analysis and information system security policies (SASE dashboards and posture scoring), incident handling (SASE logging and automated response), business continuity (DEM monitoring and failover), supply chain security (CASB third-party risk assessment), network and information system security (FWaaS, SWG, ZTNA), cybersecurity hygiene and training (CASB coaching actions, DLP user notifications), cryptography (TLS inspection with proper certificate management), access control (ZTNA with MFA and identity-based policies), and multi-factor authentication (ZTNA IdP integration).
The January 2026 EC implementing regulation added mandatory MFA for all remote access and IDS/IPS requirements — both directly fulfilled by SASE deployments with ZTNA and FWaaS. Non-compliance penalties reach 10M EUR or 2% of global turnover for essential entities.
EU regulation requiring financial entities to implement comprehensive ICT risk management, incident reporting, digital operational resilience testing, and third-party risk management.
A cloud-delivered architecture that converges SD-WAN and security services (SWG, CASB, ZTNA, FWaaS) into a single, globally distributed platform.
An access model that grants users connectivity to specific applications, not networks, based on identity and device posture, verified continuously per session.
A cloud-delivered next-generation firewall that provides IPS, application control, and threat prevention without on-premises hardware, typically running in the provider's PoPs.
A set of technologies that detect and prevent unauthorized transmission of sensitive data by inspecting content at rest, in motion, and in use against predefined and custom data patterns.
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