NIS2 in Austria
What binds you in Austria is the national law transposing NIS2 — not the directive itself. Here is who supervises you, where you register, and where you report.
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National transposition
Status of the national text · Promulgated, staged entry into force
Netz- und Informationssystemsicherheitsgesetz 2026 (NISG 2026)
Promulgated in the Bundesgesetzblatt on 23 December 2025, with entry into force staged from 1 October 2026 — nine months later. Austria created a dedicated central supervisor, the Bundesamt für Cybersicherheit, rather than assigning the role to an existing body.
Who supervises you
Bundesamt für Cybersicherheit is the competent authority designated by Austria. It holds the article 32 and 33 supervisory powers: inspections and audits, requests for information and evidence, binding instructions, orders to remedy deficiencies, and administrative fines. For essential entities those powers are exercised ex ante — without needing any indication of non-compliance.
Incident notifications under article 23 normally go to CERT.at, though some member states route them through the competent authority instead. Confirm the channel before you need it: the 24-hour clock is not the moment to discover which portal applies.
What differs from the directive
Because NIS2 is a directive, Austria legislated its own version of it. The security baseline in article 21 is common across the Union and will not differ. What does differ:
- Registration. The portal, the information required and the deadline are national.
- Scope. Several member states extended coverage below the directive's size thresholds, or added sectors of national importance.
- Penalty calibration. The article 34 ceilings are common; how the authority calibrates within them is not.
- Reporting format. Deadlines are fixed by the directive; the form and the language are national.
Adopted, and in force 2026-10-01
The transposing law is not pending: it is adopted, promulgated and carries a fixed commencement date. What that leaves you is a deadline, not an uncertainty — the article 21 measures are fixed and will not change between now and then.
If you operate in several member states
You have one security programme and several compliance relationships. Registration, supervision and reporting are per-jurisdiction, and a cross-border incident can require filings in each affected member state. Article 26 sets jurisdiction rules — generally the member state of establishment, with specific rules for digital providers.