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Cyrille Badeau , Vice-President International Sales , ThreatQuotient , outlines the NIS2 Directive and its implications for cybersecurity initiatives worldwide .
The US Government recently announced that state-sponsored Chinese cyber group Volt Typhoon has compromised multiple critical infrastructure organisations ’ IT networks in the US and is preparing ‘ disruptive or destructive cyberattacks ’ against communications , energy , transport , water and wastewater systems . introduced risk . Malicious forces wanting to disrupt economies , governments and people , know that targeting digital networks is the quickest route to maximum cross-border disruption .
As a result , the collective improvement of cybersecurity is a high international priority .
The announcement , which was supported by national cybersecurity agencies in Australia , Canada , UK and New Zealand , is a sobering reminder that modern life relies on digital networks .
From healthcare , banking and socialising , to energy , water , local and national government – everything has a digital aspect .
But while digitisation has delivered great leaps forward in convenience , speed , and efficiency , it has also
There ’ s a wealth of EU legislation in the pipeline designed to tackle cybersecurity risk in critical sectors .
The Digital Operational Resilience Act ( DORA ) focuses on cybersecurity in the finance sector and the Cyber Resilience Act ( CRA ) concentrates on reducing risk within hardware and software products .
The NIS2 Directive , which comes into force in October 2024 , seeks to raise cybersecurity standards and incident response capabilities in a wide range of critical
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