Businesses in the European Union are adjusting how they protect sensitive data because of the NIS2 Directive. As stricter restrictions come into effect, businesses need to set up protections that work in real time, always keep an eye on their weaknesses, and see everything that could be attacked.
Guardian360 Lighthouse is a powerful, automated SAAS platform that empowers decision makers with insights to secure, comply, and optimize their business, making it easy for enterprises to follow the NIS2 Directive swiftly and effectively.
Important points:
- Guardian360 Lighthouse meets NIS2 standards by automatically checking for vulnerabilities on a regular basis.
- The platform helps reduce security events by lowering the attack surface through daily monitoring.
- The technology makes it easier for organisations to follow the rules by bringing together threat intelligence and providing consolidated dashboards.
- It makes it easier for internal networks, internet facing devices, and web applications to follow the rules.
NIS2: a new era for cybersecurity in the EU
The importance of NIS2
The Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) is the most current rule passed by the European Union (EU) to make important organizations more resistant to cyber attacks. It builds on the original NIS Directive by making security measures tougher and applying them to more areas.
NIS2 says that businesses must:
- Understand their security posture in supply chains
- Put security policies based on risk into action.
- Do regular checks for vulnerabilities.
- Report security problems right away
- Follow the law and work with the authorities.
These rules apply to organisations in all EU member states, which makes unified compliance solutions like Guardian360 Lighthouse more important than ever.
What continuous, automated vulnerability monitoring does
Why scans that only happen once aren’t adequate anymore
Criminals can get into systems that use traditional vulnerability scanning methods, which are often done once a month or even once a year. In a real-time threat environment, this strategy is old and risky.
Guardian360 Lighthouse changes this process by daily monitoring without an agent. This way, you can always see the most recent picture of your security vulnerabilities across all of your web apps and information systems.
How Guardian360 Lighthouse works
Asset value, exploitability, and severity are used to automatically rank risks. This makes it easier for security teams to fix problems before they turn into security incidents.
Some important traits are:
- Assessing your full environment with up-to-date insights for weaknesses
- A single dashboard that shows you useful information about risk
- Automated mapping of compliance with several frameworks, such as NIS2 and ISO 27001
This level of visibility and automation makes it much easier to comply with rules and regulations on an ongoing basis.
Supporting compliance across EU member states
One platform, several places of law
Cross-border organizations may have trouble because each EU member state must follow its own laws while putting NIS2 into effect. Guardian360 Lighthouse makes this easier by giving you a single, unified platform that
- Keeps an eye on compliance in a number of countries
- Follows rules set by the EU
- Provides audit-ready reports that meet NIS2 criteria.
This is especially useful for companies who do business in more than one EU country, as following the rules in each country could mean utilizing various systems or suppliers.
Making a proactive security culture possible
Guardian360 Lighthouse doesn’t just check compliance boxes; it helps establish a proactive security culture by always looking for security holes and using threat intelligence. NIS2 is striving to make sure that security is built in, can be measured, and changes in real time.
The Guardian360 advantage for operations and compliance
More than just following the rules: operational efficiency
Guardian360 Lighthouse does a lot more than merely follow the law when it comes to NIS2 compliance. Its ability to monitor things in real time makes operations more alert and increases the efficiency of compliance and IT teams.
Security groups get benefits from:
- Automated reporting and evidence records for audits
- Smart risk prioritization cuts down on noise
- You don’t need to install agents because deployment is so rapid and easy.
Business leaders may make decisions based on data without needing to know a lot about technology because they can have a clear picture of their security measures at the same time.
Supporting web applications and cloud infrastructure
As more firms rely on web apps and cloud-based information systems, the risk environment has changed a lot. Guardian360 Lighthouse is made to watch over both modern settings and more traditional internal networks.
It keeps looking:
- Web-based portals and login systems
- Public clouds’ workloads and settings
- Internal apps that can be accessed over the Internet
This makes it easier to find old parts, open services, and misconfigured settings before they become entry points for attackers.
Scaling across complex environments
Large businesses, especially those that do business in more than one EU member state, need a solution that can grow with them. That’s what Guardian360 Lighthouse is for.
It lets businesses:
- From one dashboard, you can keep a watch on hundreds of assets.
- Give the views and controls to teams in the area.
- Link vulnerabilities to the right GDPR, ISO 27001, and NIS2 compliance standards automatically.
This unified plan cuts down on unnecessary effort and makes it easier to handle vulnerabilities in all areas of the business.
Future-proofing against evolving threats
Laws on cybersecurity and attackers will both keep changing. Guardian360 makes sure your business is ready for both by combining threat intelligence, real-time alerts, and ongoing vulnerability scanning.
Guardian360’s cloud-based platform is flexible enough to adapt to changes in European or national law in the future. This means you can be sure that your compliance efforts won’t be useless overnight.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is NIS2, and who has to follow it?
The European Union’s new Network and Information Security Directive, or NIS2, affects important and large companies in fields like digital infrastructure, healthcare, energy, and finance. If your organization provides important services or maintains a supply chain that is connected to certain industries, then there is a good chance that you will have to comply with the NIS2.
What does Guardian360 Lighthouse do to help with compliance?
Guardian360 Lighthouse helps with NIS2 compliance by giving
- Automated, ongoing monitoring for vulnerabilities
- Reports that have already been made and linked to NIS2 and other standards
- Finding security problems by using alerts and honeypots
It translates technical results into useful information for both compliance and IT departments.
Is it possible to use Guardian360 outside of the Netherlands?
Yes. Guardian360 is based in the Netherlands, but it is designed to help businesses in every EU member state and fully follow EU rules while also satisfying local legal requirements for compliance.
What sets Guardian360 apart from other tools?
Unlike traditional technologies that rely on manual scans or infrequent updates, Guardian360 Lighthouse uses threat intelligence to rank risks and runs in real time without agents. It also contains additional capabilities including dashboards that show compliance for many countries and deception techniques (honeypots).
