NIS 2 Hub Ireland

The revised Network and Information Security Directive (NIS 2) enters EU law on 17 October 2024.

While every Member State must transpose the directive, the Irish implementing legislation is now expected towards the end of 2025. That gives organisations a narrow window to mature their cyber‑security posture before regulators gain sweeping new powers.

Any company that employs more than 50 staff or turns over €10 million can be designated an “important entity” by Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

Those entities will face: 24‑hour incident‑reporting, mandatory risk assessments, executive accountability and fines of up to €10 million or 2 percent of global turnover for non‑compliance.

Because the directive is principles‑based, there is no one‑size‑fits‑all checklist. Boards must adopt a holistic, “state of the art” security programme proportional to their risks.

Below you will find each core NIS 2 obligation and the technology building blocks that typically map to it.

Use this hub as a reference, then reach out to our Dublin cyber‑security practice, Pablosec, for a tailored gap analysis and hands‑on implementation.

Why NIS 2 matters to Irish organisations

Ireland hosts more than 1,000 multinationals and a dynamic indigenous tech scene, yet the country records a higher volume of ransomware and BEC attacks per capita than many EU peers.

NIS 2 is the EU’s way of raising the bar—ensuring that every entity delivering “essential” or “important” services maintains a minimum cyber‑security baseline.

For boards in Dublin, Cork and Galway the directive is about more than avoiding fines.

NIS 2‑aligned controls can lower insurance premiums, open new procurement channels and strengthen customer trust across the Single Market. Irish regulators will gain powers to carry out unannounced audits, so proactive compliance is the safer—and cheaper—route.

How Pablosec can help

Our consultants combine global best practice with local regulatory insight. Whether you operate a data‑centre in Blanchardstown, a pharma plant in Limerick or a SaaS start‑up on the Silicon Docks, we translate NIS 2 into concrete, budget‑friendly action plans.

• Readiness assessment & board briefing – a two‑week engagement that benchmarks your current controls against the directive and presents priorities to executives in plain English.
• Technical gap remediation – design and deployment of firewalls, endpoint detection, zero‑trust network access, privileged access vaults and more—agnostic to vendor.
• Incident response retainer – 24 × 7 Irish SOC coverage with a guaranteed one‑hour SLA for high‑severity events.
• Policy & training programmes – security policies aligned to ISO 27001, phishing simulations and in‑person workshops across Ireland.
• Ongoing compliance monitoring – dashboards that pull logs from your SIEM and asset inventory, mapping evidence to each NIS 2 article.

With Pablosec you gain a single, accountable partner from risk to resilience.

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