QNAP for EU NIS2: Network Security & Supply Chain Risk Management

EU NIS2 DIRECTIVE

Effortlessly pass NIS2 supply chain audits!
Choose ISO/IEC 27001-certified QNAP to implement cybersecurity risk management.

Article 21(2)(d) requires you to assess the security of your direct suppliers. QNAP brings third-party certifications and security technology that map to NIS2 risk-management measures.

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Audits and Penalties Are Already Happening

As of April 2026, NIS2 has moved from “still time to prepare” to active enforcement, covering an estimated 100,000+ essential and important entities across the EU.

22 / 27

Member states had transposed NIS2 into national law by April 2026

€10M / 2%

Maximum fine for essential entities, or 2% of global turnover, whichever is higher

Art. 20

Management can be held personally liable, including temporary bans from duties

NIS2 Article 21(2) × QNAP Solutions

Measure

How QNAP helps

(d)

Supply chain security

ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and Japan JC-STAR Level 1 certifications serve as audit evidence when QNAP is your supplier.

(b)

Incident handling

ADRA NDR X detects lateral movement and isolates infected devices; Security Center and Malware Remover stop threats from spreading.

(c)

Business continuity

HDP for Business (3-2-1-1-0, Immutable Backup, Airgap+), Video Verification, HBS 3 offsite/cloud backup, dual-controller HA.

(e)

Vulnerability handling

Security Advisory subscriptions and Live Update keep known vulnerabilities tracked and patched.

(h)

Cryptography

AES-256 encryption and self-encrypting drives (TCG-OPAL, TCG-Enterprise) keep data at rest unreadable.

(i)

Access control

RBAC roles, AD/LDAP integration and Delegated Administration revoke rights the moment people leave.

(j)

MFA & secure communication

QNAP Authenticator MFA and QVPN Service (WireGuard, OpenVPN) protect logins and remote access.

Ready for the Measures Auditors Check First

ARTICLE 21(2)(d)

Certifications You Can Cite as Audit Evidence

Supply chain security is the only measure you cannot complete on your own. QNAP holds ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and JC-STAR Level 1, and is a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA).

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ARTICLE 23

Facts in Hand for the 24-Hour Early Warning

The clock starts the moment you become aware of an incident. ADRA NDR X, QuFirewall and QuLog Center give you concrete detections and centralized logs to report on.

ARTICLE 21(2)(c)

Backups You Can Prove Are Restorable

HDP for Business protects Windows®, VMware®, Hyper-V®, Proxmox® VE and Microsoft 365® with Immutable Backup and Airgap+, while Video Verification records each recovery boot.

ARTICLE 21(2)(h)(i)(j)

Encryption, MFA and Access Control

AES-256 and SED drives protect data at rest, QNAP Authenticator and QVPN secure every login, and RBAC with AD, Azure AD or LDAP keeps permissions in sync.

Encryption and multi-factor authentication

High Availability for Every Scale

Recovery gets your data back. High availability keeps services running through a single point of failure.

Active-Active

Dual-controller models with ZFS-based QES take over automatically when one controller fails.

Active-Passive

QuTS hero NAS pair into a two-node failover cluster with High Availability Manager.

Scale-Out

QuTS MEGA scales from 3 to 96 nodes, with Erasure Coding protecting data through multiple node failures.

Plan Your NIS2-Ready Storage and Backup

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