NIS2 & DORA Infrastructure Readiness
Technical preparation of Linux infrastructure for organizations navigating NIS2, DORA and broader operational resilience expectations. We help you implement and document the controls that regulators, auditors and enterprise clients expect to see.
Important: Linux Intelligence does not provide legal advice or certify regulatory compliance. We help technical teams improve infrastructure controls, documentation and operational readiness — supporting, not replacing, your legal and compliance advisors.
The regulatory context: what NIS2 and DORA mean for infrastructure teams
NIS2 (the EU's updated Network and Information Security Directive) and DORA (the Digital Operational Resilience Act, which applies to the EU financial sector and its ICT suppliers) both impose technical requirements at the infrastructure layer. Unlike previous frameworks that were often interpreted at a policy level, both NIS2 and DORA are explicit about expecting demonstrable technical controls.
NIS2 expects
- Risk management and asset inventory
- Incident handling capability
- Business continuity and backup arrangements
- Supply chain security management
- Access control and authentication
- Vulnerability handling and patching
- Security monitoring and logging
DORA expects (for ICT suppliers)
- ICT risk management framework
- Incident classification and reporting capability
- Digital operational resilience testing
- Third-party ICT risk management
- Documented recovery procedures
- Change management controls
- Audit trail and evidence capability
These are infrastructure requirements. They describe what needs to exist and be demonstrable in your technical environment — which is exactly what we help you build, implement and document.
Who this is for
NIS2 essential & important entities
Organizations in sectors covered by NIS2 — energy, transport, digital infrastructure, managed services, hosting, software — who need to demonstrate technical controls to regulators.
Financial sector ICT suppliers
Technology companies and infrastructure providers serving banks, insurers, investment firms or payment processors who face contractual DORA obligations as third-party ICT service providers.
Organizations under enterprise audit pressure
SaaS companies, data centers and software houses receiving security questionnaires from enterprise clients that ask about monitoring, patching, backup testing and incident response capability.
Teams with compliance deadlines
Companies that have identified NIS2 or DORA as applicable to their operations and need to improve technical infrastructure controls within a defined timeline.
CTOs & infrastructure managers
Technical leads who understand the regulatory landscape and need a practical, experienced partner to implement infrastructure controls without disrupting ongoing operations.
Hosting providers & managed service companies
Companies in the digital infrastructure supply chain who need to demonstrate operational resilience and documented security practices to clients and regulators.
What we do
Our infrastructure readiness work addresses the technical layer directly. We implement, configure, document and test the controls that regulators and auditors assess — and we do this in your live environment, not in a slide deck.
Asset & infrastructure review
We map your server landscape, identify what is running, what is critical, what is undocumented and where the most significant gaps exist. This forms the baseline for all subsequent work and produces an infrastructure inventory you can reference in audit and compliance contexts.
Monitoring & alerting implementation
We configure uptime monitoring, service health checks, resource threshold alerting and where appropriate, anomaly detection for authentication and network activity. Monitoring evidence is a core requirement under both NIS2 and DORA — you need to be able to demonstrate that you detect and respond to incidents.
Backup & restore evidence
We review your backup configuration, test restoration procedures and document results. Backup capability is explicitly required under NIS2. What matters is not just that backups exist but that restores have been tested and documented — which most organizations have never formally done.
Patch management process
We establish a structured patching cadence, apply outstanding security updates in a controlled window and document the process. Vulnerability and patch management is a required control under both frameworks — and one that is frequently cited in audit findings.
Access control hardening
We audit user accounts, enforce least-privilege, harden SSH configuration, review sudo policy and remove stale access. Access control is foundational to both frameworks — and access-related failures remain the most common root cause of significant incidents.
Logging & audit trail configuration
We configure centralized logging, ensure authentication events and system changes are captured with sufficient retention, and document what is logged and where. Both NIS2 and DORA expect demonstrable logging and audit trail capability.
Incident response workflow
We review or help establish your incident response procedure: detection, containment, escalation, communication, recovery and post-incident review. A documented, tested incident response workflow is a core requirement — and a common area where organizations lack clarity.
Infrastructure documentation
We produce and help maintain infrastructure documentation covering system inventory, network topology, runbooks, change records and configuration baselines. Documentation is not a bureaucratic exercise — it is what makes your infrastructure auditable, transferable and resilient.
Supplier-risk support
We help you document your infrastructure dependencies, assess third-party service risks and provide the technical evidence that enterprise clients and regulated customers ask for in supplier questionnaires.
Resilience roadmap
We produce a prioritized roadmap of remaining infrastructure improvements, with clear rationale for each item, effort estimates and a recommended sequence. This gives your team and leadership a clear picture of where you stand and what remains to be done.
Typical outcomes
Documented infrastructure baseline
A clear, current picture of your infrastructure — what runs where, what it depends on and what controls are in place. The foundation for any audit or compliance review.
Evidence-ready controls
Monitoring records, backup test reports, patching logs, access audit results and incident response documentation — the kind of evidence auditors and regulators actually ask for.
Stronger security posture
The practical controls we implement — hardened access, current patches, tested backups — materially reduce risk, not just on paper but in the operational reality of your infrastructure.
Faster incident response
With defined procedures, documented systems and proper logging in place, your team can detect and respond to incidents significantly faster — which is what both the regulations and your customers expect.
Enterprise client confidence
When enterprise clients or regulated customers ask about your security controls, you have specific, documented answers — not vague reassurances.
A prioritized improvement roadmap
Clear visibility of remaining gaps with a realistic, sequenced plan — so your team and leadership know where you stand and what needs to happen next.