ISO 27001 as Europe’s De-Facto Standard for Information Security
In our previous articles, we have built a solid foundation: what information security really means, how regulation and compliance shape the European market, and why frameworks such as GDPR and NIS2 have become essential. Now we take the next logical step and focus on the most practical and widely recognized instrument in European information security: […]
GDPR, DSGVO and Cybersecurity – Why Data Protection Automatically Shapes Security
Data protection and cybersecurity are still treated in many organizations as two separate disciplines. On one side are lawyers, data protection officers and compliance teams talking about consent forms, records of processing activities and retention periods. On the other side are IT departments focusing on firewalls, patch management, network segmentation and the defense against cyberattacks. […]
NIS2 Explained – What Companies in Europe Really Need to Implement Now (and How It Differs from GDPR)
In recent years, a new acronym has increasingly entered the vocabulary of European businesses: NIS2. Just as many organizations were finally getting used to the requirements of GDPR, another major regulatory framework has arrived – one that reaches deep into the IT and security structures of companies across Europe. This has left many executives and […]
The EU Mindset: Why Information Security in Europe Is So Strongly Compliance-Driven
Anyone dealing with Information Security in Europe today can hardly avoid one dominant word: compliance. Almost no project, no new security initiative, no strategic IT decision happens without being linked to some form of regulatory requirement. GDPR, NIS-2, ISO 27001, KRITIS, BAIT, VAIT, DORA – the list of frameworks, laws, and standards is long and […]