<\/span><\/h3>\nEveryone knows, or should know: The Internet is by no means a harmless playing field. In many areas, it has become a real battleground on which cyber criminals attack states, companies and organizations. Their aim: data theft, influencing democratic processes and cyber extortion.<\/p>\n
This is the prelude to <\/strong>our preliminary story on the need for legal regulations on cyber security<\/strong>.<\/p>\nIn Europe, we responded back in 2016 with the NIS Directive – a first cautious step to protect the digital Achilles’ heel of our networked society.<\/p>\n
The original NIS Directive aimed to secure the network and information systems of critical infrastructure operators and providers of essential services. But cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and what seemed sufficient yesterday has largely proved ineffective or at least inadequate.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>