Get NIS2 audit-ready in 30 days
22% of breaches start with a stolen credential, and NIS2 fines for that gap reach 10M €. The guide hands your team the controls, evidence, and 5-phase deployment plan to achieve full NIS2 compliance.
Audit checklist
Covers access control, supply chain, MFA, logging, and Article 23
Six sector playbooks
Energy, Transport, Healthcare, Finance, MSPs, Public administration
5-phase deployment plan
Assess, audit, deploy, configure, monitor — structured to drop directly into your project plan
Article 21 mapping table
Every measure mapped to the control that satisfies it, with the evidence it generates
ISO 27001 
Made in EU 
Pentest byHackerOne
GDPRcompliant
HIPAA ready 
PCI DSS Frequently Asked Questions
NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) is an EU cybersecurity regulation that entered into force in January 2023 and required national transposition by October 2024. It applies to medium and large organizations in 18 critical sectors — including energy, healthcare, finance, digital infrastructure, and public administration — operating within the European Union or providing services to EU entities.
NIS2 Article 21 mandates that organizations implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to manage cybersecurity risks. This includes access control policies, credential security, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and the ability to demonstrate these controls during an audit. A dedicated password manager with role-based access, audit logs, and encryption directly supports these obligations.
The timeline depends on your current security posture, but organizations with structured tooling can achieve audit readiness within 30 days. The key steps are: deploying a password manager with access control and audit logging, enforcing MFA, documenting credential policies, and mapping user permissions to roles. Starting with a clear checklist significantly compresses the preparation time.
A password manager centralizes credential storage in an encrypted vault, enforces strong password policies, provides a full audit trail of user actions, and enables granular access control. These capabilities directly address NIS2 requirements for access management, incident traceability, and risk mitigation — and generate the documented evidence auditors expect to see.
Yes. Passwork is an on-premise password manager that runs entirely within your own infrastructure. All data is encrypted with AES-256, and no credentials leave your servers. This architecture satisfies NIS2 requirements for data sovereignty, internal access control, and the ability to conduct independent security audits — including source code review.
Passwork produces detailed activity reports covering every user action: password access, modifications, sharing events, and permission changes. Administrators can export these logs to demonstrate compliance with NIS2 Article 21 controls. Combined with role-based access settings and MFA enforcement, this gives auditors a clear, verifiable picture of your credential security posture.
