NIS2 Compliance for Medium-Sized Businesses
How Anding helped a mid-sized PE carve-out establish pragmatic, management-compatible and sustainable NIS2 compliance
NIS2 significantly raises cybersecurity requirements for medium-sized businesses, but translating broad and complex regulatory requirements into a pragmatic, company-specific implementation remains a challenge. Relevant processes and practices often already exist, but are informal or insufficiently documented. At the same time, organizations need clear ownership and an ISMS that fits their size and capabilities.
Client Example
A PE-backed consumer electronics company required a standalone NIS2 setup following a corporate carve-out. Previously part of a global technology group, the company had to establish its own governance and information security structures while its organization was still evolving.
The Approach
Anding supported the company in assessing its NIS2 status, formalizing existing practices and addressing identified gaps. Existing knowledge, documentation and evidence were used as a starting point, supplemented with NIS2-required documentation and translated into a right-sized ISMS structure.
Our implementation follows three core principles:
- pragmatic, with measures tailored to the organization's size and context
- management-compatible, with progress, outcomes and implications communicated at management level
- sustainable, with an ISMS set up for the client to own and operate independently
The Result
Management gained a clear, transparent view of the company's NIS2 status, with a comprehensive NIS2 compliance baseline established across all applicable controls. A right-sized ISMS structure was established, enabling the client to operate it independently for ongoing compliance activities.