Implemented in 2024, NIS2 is the updated EU directive on cybersecurity. Like any new compliance framework, achieving compliance won’t just happen; it takes organizational commitment and ongoing focused and coordinated effort, and here is how Wire can help.
Key changes include:
Use this checklist to see how Wire can help you meet NIS2 risk management requirements.
NIS2 Requirements | How Wire Helps |
Risk Analysis and Information Systems Security Policies NIS2 entities must document and proactively mitigate cybersecurity threats across networks, systems, and applications. |
Improved Security for Enterprise Collaboration Digital collaboration is how much sensitive data is shared. Wire reduces risk by protecting messaging, voice and video calls, conferencing, and file sharing with end-to-end encryption. |
Incident Handling NIS2 requires organizations to have vetted plans to handle IT breakdowns and cyber incidents, particularly in cases where internal channels may be unavailable or compromised. |
OOB Communications Wire provides a secure, highly available, and reliable encrypted OOB (out-of-band) channel for messaging, calls, and file sharing, enabling swift response coordination to IT outages and cyber incidents. |
Business Continuity Another key NIS2 requirement is rigorous business continuity planning, including backup processes, disaster recovery, and crisis management. |
Backup Communications Wire enables organizations to maintain secure communication across teams as a backup system, supporting disaster recovery and crisis coordination. |
Supply Chain Security Securing vital supply chains is a key priority under NIS2. While the ultimate concern is to keep up the flow of physical goods, Article 21 is concerned with protecting digital relationships across supply chain partners. |
Secure Supply Chain Communications Wire protects digital supplier communications with industry-leading encryption and flexible access controls, ensuring secure collaboration across internal teams, external partners, and guests. |
Securing Network and Information Systems Lifecycle NIS2 mandates security across the entire IT and network infrastructure lifecycle, including vendor compliance, secure development, and threat management. |
Secure ChatOps for IT Teams Wire provides an end-to-end encrypted ChatOps platform, ensuring secure collaboration to protect sensitive infrastructure management, automation, and application development work. |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Risk Management Organizations must implement policies under NIS2 for regular cybersecurity risk testing and management, including code-level assessments. |
Easy-to-Verify OOB Communications As an essential part of risk mitigation, Wire makes it easy to verify functionality due to its ease of use. Wire goes beyond functional testing, offering open-source transparency. |
Cyber Hygiene Effective cyber hygiene requires secure, user-friendly communication tools. In too many cases, organizations sacrifice security for productivity or force users to live with security friction, often leading to insecure shadow IT solutions. |
User-Friendly Secure Collaboration Wire removes the barrier between security and usability, providing an easy-to-use collaboration suite with the highest security standards available. Users can maintain cyber hygiene without giving up productivity. |
Cryptographic Security Policy NIS2 requires covered entities to implement policies and procedures regarding the use of cryptography across systems, applications, and processes. |
Quantum-Ready Security Wire simplifies the implementation of encryption policies across all communications and provides a future-proof path to post-quantum cryptography with flexible cipher suite support. |
Human Resources Security Article 21 requires entities to establish HR security, including access control policies and secure asset management. |
Secure HR Communications Wire protects sensitive HR communications and asset management with end-to-end encryption, access control alerts, and secure collaboration and file sharing for recruitment and employee discussions. |
MFA and Secure Voice, Video, and Messaging for Operational and Crisis Use The final requirement under Article 21 is multi-factor identification(MFA) as part of the identification and access management (IAM). |
MLS-Secured Collaboration Wire provides enterprise-grade secure messaging, calls, and conferencing that is powerful enough to use for everyday operational collaboration and easy to adopt for crisis communication requirements. |
If your organization is developing an NIS2 strategy, contact us. Our solution experts will be glad to show you how Wire can contribute to your approach.