NIS2 Directive clears Council of the European Union

The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union approved the NIS2 Directive, a modernized framework based on the EU Network and Information Security Directive. Czech Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization and Minister of Regional Development Ivan Bartoš said the EU "took another step to improve our capacity to counter" cybersecurity threats that "remain a key challenge for the years to come." The directive will soon be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and take effect 20 days thereafter. Member states will have 21 months to incorporate the directive into national law.