Intel 471 Releases Report to Help Europe’s Critical Entities Navigate the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2)

AMSTERDAM, November 5, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Intel 471global leader in cyber threat intelligence (CTI) and intelligence-driven solutions, has released its new report, NIS2 Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intelligence for Critical Infrastructure Resilience. The report provides key insights into how actionable CTI can help organizations navigate new European cybersecurity regulations, proactively mitigate digital risk, improve cyber resilience and avoid sanctions and fines.

National laws implementing the European Union (EU) NIS2 Directive 2022/2555 to increase the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure in Europe entered into force on 18 October 2024. NIS2 has dramatic implications for how operators of important and essential critical services manage cyber risks compared to its predecessor, NIS1, the Network and Information Systems Directive 2016. It gives regulators wider oversight powers, introduces higher standards for cyber risk management, mandatory incident reporting and tougher penalties. If they fail to comply, key entities face administrative fines of up to €10 million or 2% of their annual global turnover, whichever is greater. This directive represents a major change in cyber risk management and supply chain security for entities operating in energy, transport, banking, healthcare, water, digital infrastructure, managed IT services, public administration and many other sub-sectors.

In this report, Intel 471 outlines how these entities in critical sectors affected by the European Commission’s NIS2 Directive can use CTI and intelligence-based threat hunting to proactively mitigate digital threats and meet the directive’s risk management requirements higher and incident reporting. The report provides organizations with best practices to reduce cyber risk, anticipate threats, prioritize remediation of cloud resources and other IT assets, and continuously improve risk management measures to increase resilience and recovery.

“The time is right to adopt NIS2 given today’s high-stakes cybersecurity threat landscape. We see the activity of nation states and cybercrime increasingly overlapping, often driven by geopolitical events that create greater risks for all critical sectors in Europe. Defenders are overwhelmed by data and need timely intelligence to help them focus on the emerging threats, adversary tactics and vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk to them,” says Michael DeBolt, Chief Intelligence Officer at Intel 471. ” Our unmatched human intelligence, proprietary malware emulation and tracking. Human-validated automated collection and insights across thousands of threat communities help our customers in critical sectors around the world understand their exposure and proactively mitigate digital risks and stop advanced threats in their tracks.”

Organizations affected by NIS2 can use Intel 471’s unique CTI capabilities to improve their security posture, reduce their attack surface and increase resilience. “Being prepared with timely and reliable information and threat hunting content that identifies adversary techniques missed by traditional detection methods is critical for organizations to gain early visibility of emerging threats and proactively respond to cyber incidents.” This intelligence-driven approach to cyber defense and third parties. risk is at the heart of the NIS2 directive,” says DeBolt.

The broader scope of NIS2 than NIS1 mandates that many affected entities urgently work to mature their CTI programs to better support their NIS2 cyber risk management strategies. The CTI Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM) — a free, vendor-neutral, “stakeholder-first” model sponsored by Intel 471 and 27 other CTI industry expert peers from around the world helps organizations build successful and impactful CTI programs.

For more details and to download the Intel 471 report, please visit: NIS2 Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intelligence for Critical Infrastructure Resilience

About Intel 471

Intel 471 empowers enterprises, government agencies and other organizations to win the cyber security war using real-time intelligence about adversaries, their relationships, threat patterns and impending attacks relevant to their business. The company’s platform collects, interprets, structures and validates human-driven, automation-enhanced intelligence that powers our external attack surface and advanced behavioral threat hunting solutions. Customers use this operational intelligence to generate a proactive response to neutralize threats and mitigate risks. Organizations around the globe use Intel 471’s world-class intelligence, the engagement and enablement of our trusted practitioners, and globally dispersed on-the-ground expertise as the front-line guardian against the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape to fight the adversary—and win. Learn more at www.intel471.com.

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