Management – Take responsibility for identifying and addressing cyber risk to comply with minimum requirements
Reporting to authorities – Create and maintain established processes for reporting that meet imposed deadlines
Risk management – Implement required measures to minimize risks and consequences
Business continuity – Ensure business continuity in case of major cyber incidents
The level of requirement varies by business size, societal function and its level. Make sure to discuss this with a compliance officer to ensure you are meeting your minimum requirement.
Conduct risk assessments and formulate security policies for information systems.
Create a plan for handling security incidents, including provisioning access to IT systems and their operating functions during and after a security event. This means that backups must be up to date.
Examine the overall security level for all suppliers and select security measures that fit the vulnerabilities of each direct supplier. Establish security around the procurement, development and operation of systems.
Implement procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of security measures, the use of cryptography and encryption, handling and reporting vulnerabilities, and data access.
Initiate cybersecurity training and practices for basic computer hygiene.
Ensure proper utilization of sensitive or important data with an overview of all relevant assets.
Employ the use of multi-factor authentication, continuous authentication solutions, voice, video, and text encryption, and encrypted internal emergency communication, when appropriate.
Essential Companies – up to €10 million fines or 2% of global annual revenue
Important Companies – up to €7 million fines or 1.4% of global annual revenue
Management can face legal consequences, as well as be forced to take courses on cybersecurity if non-compliant.
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