CIS Promotes Security Controls and SecureSuite for NIS2 and DORA Compliance

Summary

CIS outlines how organizations can use security baselines, configuration guidance, and automated assessment and documentation to support NIS2 and DORA compliance, while promoting CIS SecureSuite.

Key points

• The article says NIS2 and DORA require organizations to manage cybersecurity risks and demonstrate that controls are implemented and working.
• It cites an ENISA 2025 report finding that nearly one in three surveyed EU organizations had not conducted a cybersecurity assessment in the previous year; it also says 16% of in-scope businesses report full NIS2 compliance.
• CIS recommends its Critical Security Controls as a baseline, saying Implementation Group 1 defends against 84% or more of attack techniques across five prevalent attack categories, based on the CIS Community Defense Model v3.0.
• The article says CIS Controls map to NIS2, DORA, NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, and other frameworks.
• CIS Benchmarks provide configuration guidance for operating systems, cloud platforms, network devices, and applications, according to the article.
• CIS promotes SecureSuite tools for assessing systems, applying configuration changes, and tracking results over time to support compliance evidence and progress reporting.

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