National Annex — Poland
Status as of October 2026: In force. Community-maintained orientation. This is not legal advice; verify against the official gazette and authority guidance before relying on it. Corrections welcome, see contributing.
| Review | Status |
|---|---|
| Confidence | Maintainer reviewed |
| Checked line by line against the legal text | No |
| Reviewed by a lawyer | No |
| Last reviewed | October 2026 |
| Reviewed by | Frederik B. Krogsgaard, maintainer |
| Second reviewer | Wanted, see CONTRIBUTING |
| Next review due | April 2027 |
NIS2 implementation
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Implementing law | Act amending the Act on the National Cybersecurity System (nowelizacja ustawy o krajowym systemie cyberbezpieczeństwa, KSC), signed on 19 February 2026 and in force since 3 April 2026. Applications to the register of essential and important entities were due by 3 October 2026, the obligations apply from 3 April 2027, and the first audit is due by 3 April 2028. |
| Competent authority | Ministry of Digital Affairs + sector authorities |
| National CSIRT / reporting | CSIRT NASK, CSIRT GOV and CSIRT MON, a three-CSIRT model |
| Official starting point | https://www.gov.pl/web/cyfryzacja |
Country notes for your CDC
The amended act adds national extras beyond the directive, including a procedure for designating high-risk ICT vendors. Plan the first audit, due by April 2028, from the start of the April 2027 obligations.
Standard checklist for all countries
- GOVERN: applicability determined per legal entity and sector, and recorded in the regulatory applicability register
- Entity registration completed with the national authority where required
- RESPOND: incident-reporting procedure drilled against the national channel and the 24 h early-warning clock
- Contact established with the national CSIRT before the first incident
- Data protection authority contact and GDPR Art. 33 flow prepared. This runs in parallel with NIS2 reporting
- National guidance and frameworks mapped to your control evidence, per the note above
Selector tag
Tick "Poland" in tools/regulatory-profile.html to include this country's references under the pl-nat tag.
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