Stormshield launches the SNi50, an OT firewall with network segmentation, protocol inspection, and VPN remote maintenance designed to ensure high availability and NIS2 compliance for critical infrastructure.
NIS2 requires companies to establish structured governance, implement technical security measures, and maintain demonstrable incident-response processes, for which CISOs must assume full responsibility at board level.
Operational Technology in factories presents attackers with significantly lower barriers than modern IT infrastructure, while cyber outages in production have existential consequences.
The planned BSIG amendment mandates executive leadership training in NIS2 requirements and establishes cybersecurity governance as a legally binding management responsibility.
From May 2026, NIS2 requirements will be actively enforced by EU authorities, the implementation deadline expires and enforcement measures take effect.
NIS2 affects approximately 30,000 German companies and requires CISOs to implement new governance, risk management systems, and incident reporting obligations.
