Impact assessment

NIS Regulations: Impact Assessment

This document sets out the expected impact of the Network & Information Systems Regulations 2018.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, The Rt Hon Matt Hancock and Margot James
• Published: 20 April 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

NIS Regulations: impact assessment

PDF, 1.44 MB, 37 pages

Details

The Network & Information Systems Regulations 2018 (NIS Regulations) provides legal measures to boost the overall level of security (both cyber and physical resilience) of network and information systems that are critical for the provision of digital services (online marketplaces, online search engines, cloud computing services) and essential services (transport, energy, water, health, and digital infrastructure services). This document sets out the expected impact of the NIS Regulations.

Further information on the NIS Regulations and NIS Directive can be found here.

Published 20 April 2018