What is NIS2 audit?

Under NIS2, essential entities are subject to proactive supervision, including regular and targeted security audits carried out by an independent body or the competent authority. Important entities are supervised ex post, typically after an incident or evidence of non-compliance.

A NIS2 audit usually covers:

• Scope: whether the organisation is an essential or important entity.
• Governance: management approval, oversight and training.
• Risk management measures required by Article 21.
• Incident detection, handling and reporting processes.
• Supply chain and third-party ICT risk.
• Evidence: policies, logs, access records and documented decisions.

Auditors look for proof, not intentions. Keeping security tasks, owners, deadlines and change history in one traceable system, such as Easy8, makes it faster to show auditors what was done, by whom and when.