NIS2 Implementing Regulation

(9) Pursuant to Article 21(2), point (a), of NIS2 Directive (Network and Information Security), essential and important entities should have, besides policies on risk analysis, policies on information system security. For that purpose, the relevant entities should establish a policy on the security of network and information systems as well as topic-specific policies, such as policies on access control, which should be coherent with the policy on the security of network and information systems. The policy on the security of network and information systems should be the highest-level document setting out the relevant entities’ overall approach to their security of network and information systems and should be approved by the management bodies of the relevant entities. The topic-specific policies should be approved by an appropriate level of management. The policy should lay down indicators and measures to monitor its implementation and the current status of relevant entities’ maturity level of network and information security, in particular to facilitate the oversight of the implementation of the cybersecurity risk-management measures through the management bodies.