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Leadership brief / Article 20

Management oversight that can be demonstrated.

NIS2 places approval and oversight of cybersecurity risk-management measures with management bodies of essential and important entities. Leadership needs clear decisions, useful reporting and relevant training.

01 / APPROVE

Measures

Understand what is being approved and why.

02 / OVERSEE

Delivery

Receive material risk and progress updates.

03 / LEARN

Training

Build the knowledge to evaluate cyber risk.

04 / RECORD

Decisions

Capture ownership and follow-up.

A practical executive agenda

  • Which critical services and dependencies are exposed?
  • Are risk-management measures proportionate and funded?
  • Who can make an incident notification decision?
  • What has testing revealed and what remains open?

Evidence leaders can ask for

Use concise risk reports, decision logs, training records, action ownership and test outcomes. The format should support real oversight rather than create paperwork without decisions.

Article 20 and national implementing law govern actual duties. This page is an editorial framework, not legal advice.

Official sources and context

Use these alongside the applicable national legislation and authority guidance. This page is general information and may not reflect every national measure or later amendment.