NIS Directive

The NIS Directive, or Network and Information Systems Directive on Security, is a European Union wide directive which specifies that Critical National Infrastructures (CNI) and Digital Marketplaces should be at a good level of cyber security in terms of policy and procedure. This is because the European Union recognises that the organisations which run these infrastructures are becoming increasingly more digital and increasingly more internet connected, which exposes more vulnerabilities than society has ever seen before.

Profile by Awen helps Critical National Infrastructures, and their suppliers, to reach the best level of cyber security policies & procedures possible.

Dot by Awen helps industrial organisations, including Critical National Infrastructures to understand their Operational Technologies to the highest level possible, and to make steps towards reducing cyber vulnerabilities of those systems.

ISO: International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization or ISO does exactly what it says in the title - it is a worldwide organisation, which sets standards for a wide variety of disciplines.

Some of the standards relevant to our particular industry include:

  • ISO 27001 - which is about general information security management, and was published jointly with the IEC.

  • ISO 15408 - which is also commonly referred to as Common Criteria, or and is about the security evaluation of IT systems.

  • ISO 21434 - which is about the cyber security of road vehicles, and was published jointly with SAE International (a professional association of automotive and aerospace engineers).

  • ISO 44001 - which is about collaborative business relationship management.