How does NIS2 truly impact access control reader choices?
In access control, readers are an essential, outward-facing component of any system. It also makes them ideally positioned to bring your system into compliance with NIS2’s updated requirements. How so? First, NIS2 emphasizes the necessity of strong, two-factor authentication. That’s easily fulfilled by requiring user pin codes as well as cards or tags.
But what is the NIS2 directive, and why has it become so important today? NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) is the European Union’s latest update to its cyber security directive. Its mission is to strengthen cyber security for critical infrastructure across the European Union.
Security is obviously a critical EU business sector, with access control systems vital to the physical and digital security of countless EU organizations. In access control, NIS2 prescribes how organizations manage access, log their data management and its storage, administer updates, and identify and mitigate vulnerabilities. However, the directive avoids prescribing specific technologies to meet its requirements.
Second, NIS2 emphasizes the transparency and trustworthiness of your security components’ supply chain. Increasing global tensions have raised risks for EU businesses with global sourcing exposures. That’s because opportunities for state actors to embed backdoors in one’s components and devices at the beginning of their supply chain is a risk assessment factor that cannot be ignored. You can reduce your risk by sourcing security-related devices and components from European vendors.
Idesco’s international ISO/IEC 27001 certification shows our information security practices meet the highest requirements. Equally important, as a security manufacturer, Idesco’s ISO/IEC 27001 covers the span of its operations: products, processes, our entire organization. All Idesco readers are manufactured in Europe, in accordance with European standards. And our pin code readers fully comply with two factor authentication.
Want to learn more about access control cyber security? We presented on the topic earlier this spring; we welcome you to look at our materials below.
Access control cyber security materials