European Patience With Cybersecurity Laggards Snaps
European Patience With Cybersecurity Laggards Snaps
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/european-patience-cybersecurity-laggards-snaps-a-32190
Publish Date: 2026-07-09 16:53:00
Source Domain: www.bankinfosecurity.com
Geo-Specific
,
Regulation
,
Standards, Regulations & Compliance
European Commission Sues 4 Countries for Not Implementing NIS2
Image: Lukianenko Igor/Shutterstock
The European Commission is cracking down on Spain, France and other countries for failing to implement or abide by cybersecurity legislation.
The EU executive body sued Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands on Wednesday because they have not yet implemented the second version of the Network and Information Security Directive, commonly known as NIS2. This directive forces the EU’s member states to publish national cybersecurity strategies and boost the protection of critical infrastructure in sectors ranging from energy and transport to search and cloud.
Member nations were all supposed to have national legislation implementing the directive in place by mid-October 2024. Very few did, though most got their laws in order by January of this year, when the commission told ISMG that just seven of the bloc’s member states had failed to notify any measures for transposing the directive (see: European States Spin Wheels on Cybersecurity Directive).
Of those seven, Bulgaria, Sweden and Luxembourg all introduced the necessary laws in the first half of this year. That leaves the four that the commission just referred up to the Court of Justice,…
