Reduce internal access risks
Short label: INSIDER
Meaning
Employees, contractors and former staff can accidentally or deliberately misuse access to company systems.
Why it matters
A personal account or an old administrator permission can leave information outside normal company control.
What you can do
Review access, use company accounts and document permitted storage. Remove access promptly when someone leaves.
Services that can help
Sovereign Code supports company-controlled projects and access rules. Device Shield supports relevant device and account controls within the agreed scope.
Official reference — NIS2 Art. 21(2)(i)
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on an all-hazards approach that aims to protect network and information systems and the physical environment of those systems from incidents, and shall include at least the following:
— Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)
(i) human resources security, access control policies and asset management;
— Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)(i)
People and access: who may access what, how accounts are given and taken away, and an inventory of what you own.
Read the article on EUR-Lex → · Official text, quoted from the Official Journal of the EU
Acronyms used here: NIS2, GDPR, DORA, CRA
- NIS2 — Network and Information Systems Directive 2
- An EU cybersecurity directive with requirements for organisations covered by its scope.
- GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation
- The EU regulation on personal-data protection. RGPD is the French name and AVG the Dutch name.
- DORA — Digital Operational Resilience Act
- EU rules on digital operational resilience in the financial sector.
- CRA — Cyber Resilience Act
- EU cybersecurity rules for products with digital elements, including certain software and connected devices.