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NIS2 Article 21 Self-Audit Template

All 10 mandatory NIS2 cybersecurity risk-management measures, in one Excel. Status, priority, owner, deadline -- and an auto-counted readiness percentage. Built for SaaS compliance teams without a €50K consultant budget.

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NIS2 Art. 21 Self-Audit
10 controls · v1.0
.xlsx
Control
Status
Priority
Owner
21(2)(a) Risk analysis
Yes
P0
…
21(2)(b) Incident handling
Partial
P0
…
21(2)(c) Continuity
Yes
P1
…
21(2)(d) Supply chain
No
P0
…
21(2)(e) Vulnerability
Partial
P0
…
21(2)(h) Cryptography
Yes
P0
…
21(2)(j) MFA
No
P0
…
Readiness 42.9%
Free .xlsx
10

NIS2 Article 21(2) measures covered, one row each

EU 2022/2555

17,500

German entities missed the BSI registration deadline

BSI / heise

€10M

maximum fine for essential entities -- 2% of global turnover

NIS2 Art. 34

All 10 Controls

Every NIS2 Article 21(2) measure, one row at a time

21(2)(a)

Risk analysis & policies

Documented ISMS, board-approved policy review.

21(2)(b)

Incident handling

24h early warning + 72h CSIRT report procedure.

21(2)(c)

Business continuity

BCP/DRP with RTO/RPO objectives, tested annually.

21(2)(d)

Supply chain security

Critical supplier inventory + contractual clauses.

21(2)(e)

Vulnerability handling

Patching SLA, SBOM, disclosure policy.

21(2)(f)

Effectiveness assessment

External scans, KPI dashboard, MTTR/MTTD.

21(2)(g)

Cyber hygiene & training

Annual training records, §38 BSIG board training.

21(2)(h)

Cryptography

TLS 1.2+, encryption-at-rest, key management.

21(2)(i)

Access control

RBAC, quarterly access reviews, PAM for admins.

21(2)(j)

Multi-factor authentication

MFA on all access, FIDO2 for privileged.

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