Destroyed data cables in the Baltic Sea, cyberattacks on the government, drones over German army bases - we read reports of attacks on critical infrastructure almost every day. The security situation in Europe is tense, which is why protecting the important facilities that supply the population is becoming increasingly important.
The EU wants to strengthen the protection of its institutions with two new directives: ‘Critical Entities Resilience’ (CER) obliges EU member states to strengthen their physical resilience to threats such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks or sabotage. The Network and Information Security Directive (NIS-2) aims to achieve a high common level of cyber security in the EU. Germany intends to follow suit and pass the KRITISumbrella law this year.
Hotly debated: Critical infrastructure as a hot topic
More than 1,000 companies from numerous sectors will be affected by the new KRITIS Act. They need to find measures to better protect their critical infrastructure. They will be presenting these measures at various trade fairs organised by NürnbergMesse, which focus on the topic of security in different areas.