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NIS / NIS2

UK organisations may fall within the UK NIS framework depending on their activities and designation, and EU operations may separately fall within NIS2 where the scope criteria are met. NIS2 widens who counts as an essential or important entity and sets tighter incident-reporting timelines. Those timelines are easiest to meet when you already know which processes an affected system supports. IGX360 Insights keeps those dependencies current.

Jurisdiction
UK and EU (distinct regimes)
Regulator / Authority
UK: sector competent authorities designated under the NIS Regulations; EU: national competent authorities designated under NIS2
Status
In force (UK NIS framework); in force, transposition ongoing across EU member states (NIS2)
Relevant instrument / framework
UK: Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018; EU: Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2)
Last reviewed
September 2026

8 ways to get ahead on NIS / NIS2

See who owns a process, what it depends on and what a change will affect

  • Process architecture
  • Operating model visibility
  • Change impact analysis
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “We cannot quickly see who owns a process, what it depends on or what a change will affect”

When processes, roles, systems, risks and controls sit in one connected model, basic questions take minutes instead of analyst-days. Ownership, dependencies and impact can be seen together.

Prove your compliance with evidence

  • Continuous compliance
  • Control assurance
  • Audit readiness
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “We think we are compliant but cannot prove it”

Traceability from obligation through process, owner, system, control and retained evidence lets you show how a duty is met, whenever you are asked.

Map where operational failure would spread

  • Operational resilience
  • Critical service mapping
  • Dependency analysis
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “We do not know where operational failure will spread”

An end-to-end view of critical outcomes, dependencies, concentration, substitution, controls and recovery assumptions shows where resilience is strong and where to strengthen it.

Connect risks, controls, processes and obligations

  • Risk-control traceability
  • Obligation mapping
  • Connected assurance
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “Risks, controls, processes and obligations are disconnected”

A connected process-centric risk model shows which processes create each risk, which controls operate within them and where coverage can be strengthened.

Turn regulatory change into process change

  • Regulatory change impact
  • Obligation-to-process mapping
  • Compliance agility
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “When regulations change, we cannot quickly identify every process, control, system and role affected”

Connected impact analysis identifies affected processes, systems, controls, roles and suppliers consistently, so implementation starts from a complete list.

Make governance shape what people do

  • Governance execution
  • Policy-to-practice
  • Control observability
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “Our governance says what should happen, but does not reliably control what people actually do”

Governance that changes tasks, decision thresholds, approvals, escalation and evidence capture is governance you can rely on in operation.

Connect critical-infrastructure cyber duties to business services

  • NIS/NIS2
  • Essential service mapping
  • Cyber-to-service traceability
  • Cross-regulatory

In your words: “Critical-infrastructure cyber duties are separated from business services”

Connecting cyber risks, systems, suppliers, incidents and controls to the processes that deliver each essential service shows how duties support continuity.

IGX360 Insights supports mapping, evidence and assurance. Regulatory interpretation and accountability remain with the organisation.