Italy enforces NIS2 through its National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN), with registration, measures and strict incident-reporting deadlines. We get your Italian entity ready.
The Italian authority: ACN
NIS2 in Italy is overseen by the Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale, with its own portal, registration and deadlines. We handle the Italian process end to end.
Tight notification windows
Significant incidents must be pre-notified within 24 hours and notified within 72 to CSIRT Italia. We prepare the procedures before you need them.
Supply-chain ready
Even if NIS2 doesn't apply to you directly, your Italian clients must vet suppliers. We provide the assessment and documentation they ask for.
NIS2 in Italy has an Italian address: the ACN
The NIS2 Directive is European, but in Italy it is enforced by the Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale (ACN), through Legislative Decree 138/2024, in force since 16 October 2024. That means an Italian registration portal, Italian deadlines, incident notification to CSIRT Italia, and evidence built to the national framework. For a foreign company, navigating this from abroad — often in Italian — is exactly where things stall.
Xion IT Group manages the Italian side end to end: we determine whether and how your entity is in scope, handle the ACN registration, implement the security measures on your systems, and prepare the incident-management procedures with the tight national deadlines in mind.
What we do for foreign companies
NIS2 pre-assessment — are you in scope directly, or as a supplier to Italian regulated clients?
ACN registration and ongoing obligations on the national portal;
Incident response aligned with the 24-hour pre-notification and 72-hour notification to CSIRT Italia;
Supply-chain evidence — the security documentation your Italian clients increasingly demand;
Mapping to your group standards (ISO 27001, group policies) so nothing is duplicated.
The supply-chain trap
Even companies not directly regulated get pulled in: Italian clients subject to NIS2 must assess the security of their suppliers, so the questionnaires and requirements flow downstream. If your Italian entity supplies a regulated client, expect the requests — and be ready with real answers, not promises. We provide both the measures and the documentation.
Coordinated with your headquarters
Your group security team keeps oversight; we execute the Italian requirements and report in a form your HQ can read. Compliance is tracked over time in GAPOFF, the Italian compliance-operations platform developed by Xion, so measures, incidents and deadlines are always demonstrable.
It depends on sector and size. Italy transposed NIS2 with Legislative Decree 138/2024, in force since 16 October 2024, and the ACN identifies essential and important entities across many sectors. Crucially, many companies are drawn in indirectly as suppliers to regulated clients. A quick pre-assessment clarifies your position.
What do we have to do, concretely?
Register the entity on the ACN portal within the required windows, adopt baseline security measures, put incident-management and supply-chain processes in place, and be able to notify significant incidents to CSIRT Italia within 24/72 hours. We manage the Italian registration and implement the technical measures.
Our group already follows ISO 27001. Is that enough?
It's an excellent foundation, but NIS2 in Italy has specific obligations - the ACN registration, Italian incident notification, and evidence tailored to the national framework. We map your existing controls to the Italian requirements so you reuse what you have and only add what's missing.
Who notifies the incident if something happens at 3 a.m.?
With a managed contract we do, on your behalf and within the deadlines. We prepare the incident-response plan in advance - roles, contacts, steps - so the 24/72-hour windows are met with an ordered process, not improvisation.
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