Efforts to coordinate and enhance cybersecurity across the European Union ("EU") have taken a step forward with the publication on 19 July 2016 of the new Network and Information Security Directive (2016/1148/EU) (the "Directive") in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The key objectives of the Directive are: (1) to introduce a set of minimum cybersecurity standards for network and information systems maintained by operators of essential services and digital service providers; (2) to ensure each Member State has in place strategies and resources relating to cybersecurity; and (3) to enhance cooperation amongst EU Member States for the prevention, detection and response to cyber-attacks. The Directive will have a direct impact on organisations that fall within the categories of "operators of essential services" and "digital service providers" both of which are given a particular meaning by the Directive.
Member States will have until 9 May 2018 to transpose the Directive into their national laws.
Originally published on 26 July 2016Visit us at mayerbrown.com
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