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National Annex — Cyprus (CY)

Status (July 2026): Adopted — verify completeness. Community-maintained orientation, not legal advice — verify against the official gazette and authority guidance before relying on it. Corrections welcome (see CONTRIBUTING.md).

NIS2 implementation

Field Value
Implementing law Cybersecurity law transposing NIS2 (Ο περί Κυβερνοασφάλειας Νόμος) — adopted; Commission still listed Cyprus in the May 2025 reasoned opinions pending full notification (verify current status)
Competent authority Digital Security Authority (DSA / Αρχή Ψηφιακής Ασφάλειας)
National CSIRT / reporting CSIRT-CY
Official starting point https://dsa.cy

Country notes for your CDC

DSA combines NIS competent authority and national CSIRT functions.

Standard checklist (all countries)

  • [ ] Applicability determined per legal entity and sector; recorded in the regulatory applicability register (GOVERN)
  • [ ] Entity registration completed with the national authority where required
  • [ ] Incident-reporting procedure drilled against the national channel and the 24 h early-warning clock (RESPOND)
  • [ ] Contact established with the national CSIRT before the first incident
  • [ ] Data protection authority contact and GDPR Art. 33 flow prepared (runs in parallel with NIS2 reporting)
  • [ ] National guidance/frameworks mapped to your control evidence (see note above)

Selector tag

cy-nat — tick "Cyprus" in tools/regulatory-profile.html to include this country's references.

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