Austria's .at registry says NIS2 rollout went smoothly
Austria's new NISG 2026 cybersecurity law took effect on October 1, extending EU NIS2 Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union A European Union cybersecurity directive with rules on accurate domain registration data. Full definition of NIS2 requirements to the .at country-code domain. registry operator The organization that holds the contract or mandate for a TLD and sets its rules. Full definition of registry operator nic.at said it implemented the new rules into live operations without disruption. NIS2 is the European Union's revised network and information security directive, which imposes stricter cybersecurity obligations on domain registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry and other critical service providers. The smooth transition is notable given concerns across the industry about compliance burdens tied to the directive's rollout in member states.
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Austria brought in a new law called NISG 2026 on October 1, which applies EU cybersecurity rules to the .at domain. The company that runs .at, nic.at, says it switched over to the new rules without any problems.