Why it matters: This affects any team serving EU customers or operating in the EU. The extended window gives more time to investigate, but your logging and detection infrastructure must be ready to correlate events across all systems within hours. Audit your incident response timelines now.
EU NIS2 Directive: Incident Reporting Deadline Extended
The European Commission extends the critical incident reporting window from 24 to 72 hours for operators across finance, healthcare, energy, and digital services.