NIS2 in Cyprus
What binds you in Cyprus is the national law transposing NIS2 — not the directive itself. Here is who supervises you, where you register, and where you report.
Reviewed . Verify against the national official journal before relying on this for a filing.
National transposition
Status of the national text · Enacted and in force; implementing framework still pending
Security of Networks and Information Systems (Amendment) Law of 2025, L. 60(I)/2025, amending L. 89(I)/2020
Cyprus transposed by amending its 2020 NIS law rather than replacing it. The amendment broadens the 2020 scope to sectors it did not reach — public sector bodies, postal services, digital infrastructure. Two points to hold together: the act is in force, and the European Commission still issued Cyprus a reasoned opinion in May 2025, AFTER it. A law in force and a transposition the Commission accepts as complete are not the same thing, and the gap is usually the implementing detail.
Who supervises you
Digital Security Authority is the competent authority designated by Cyprus. 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 CSIRT-CY, 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, Cyprus 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.
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.