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Glossary termPublished inCyberbeveiligingswet

Essentiële entiteit

Also known as Essential entity

Wat betekent "Essentiële entiteit" in de Cyberbeveiligingswet?

Een essentiële entiteit als bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van de NIS2-richtlijn en bedoeld in de artikelen 8 tot en met 11 van deze wet

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Last updated: 22 August 2026.

Regulations

  • Cyberbeveiligingswet (Dutch NIS2)

    The Cyberbeveiligingswet is the Dutch implementation of NIS2, Directive (EU) 2022/2555. It entered into force on 15 August 2026 and covers more than 8,000 organisations. Registration, the duty of care and the 24-hour and 72-hour reporting duties applied from day one. Banks are largely displaced to DORA by Articles 22 and 31, but their IT suppliers are not.

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    Article 40 NIS2 review of sectors, size criteria and entity types; every 36 months thereafter

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