# NIS2: Understanding key software security requirements

DevFeed: [NIS2: Understanding key software security requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nis2-understanding-key-software-security-requirements-13185.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/nis2-understanding-key-software-security-requirements>)

Published: 2025-02-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability-management.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Critical Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/critical-infrastructure.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [cve-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-management.md>), [cve-reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-reporting.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [manufacturing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manufacturing.md>), [nis2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nis2.md>), [risk-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk-management.md>), [sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sboms.md>), [secure-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-software.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>), [transportation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transportation.md>), [vulnerability-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-management.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how the European Union's NIS2 directive expands software security and vulnerability management requirements, shifts accountability to management and boards, and affects organizations operating in the EU. It discusses software supply chain security, open source development, SBOMs, CVE reporting, risk management, and the workload these requirements may create for security and developer teams.

## Source excerpt

The European Union's Network and Information Systems 2 is a compliance framework with strict requirements around vulnerability management.