WASHINGTON – Today, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications, Networks, Content, and Technology (DG CONNECT) announced an initiative to compare cyber incident reporting elements that will inform cyber incident reporting requirements by the US, and European Union (EU) under the NIS 2 Directive.
This transatlantic collaboration between the US and EU builds on their efforts to secure their people, critical infrastructure, and businesses against detrimental cyber activities. The joint report developed by DHS and DG CONNECT, with support from their respective cybersecurity agencies, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the European Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), provides a comparative assessment and factual overview of recommendations from the U.S. Cyber Incident Reporting Council and the 2023 DHS report on Harmonization of Cyber Incident Reporting to the Federal Government and EU’s Directive 2022/2555 on measures for high level of cybersecurity across the Union (i.e., NIS 2 Directive) by identifying the main similarities and divergences.
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Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security