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ENISA

What is ENISA?

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity that contributes to EU cyber policy and supports member states in improving cybersecurity capabilities.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as enisa. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on enisa

Requirements naming enisa across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

A manufacturer that becomes aware of an actively exploited vulnerability in its product must notify it at the same time to the CSIRT designated as coordinator and to ENISA, through the single reporting platform of Article 16.

eu-cyber-resilience-act::Art. 14(1) · Notifying actively exploited vulnerabilities to the CSIRT and ENISA →

FIRST coordination with national CSIRTs + sector ISACs + regional bodies + regulatory frameworks. NATIONAL CSIRTs (FIRST teams): US-CERT + CISA + DOE-CIRC + DOD-CYBERCOM + UK NCSC + AusCERT + JPCERT/CC + KrCERT/CC + CN-CERT + IR-CERT + many others (FIRST membe...

FIRST-Sectoral-NationalCSIRT · FIRST Sectoral Coordination - National CSIRTs, ISACs, ENISA, NIS2 + Industry Frameworks →
NIS2 Directive2 controls

A defined set of provider types owes a second, more specific registration on top of the Article 3(4) duty: DNS service providers, TLD name registries, domain name registration service providers, cloud computing, data centre and content delivery network provide...

nis2-directive::Art.27.2 · Submit the ENISA registry information required of digital infrastructure and digital service providers →

Article 18 enables Union funding for mutual-assistance actions between Member States in case of cybersecurity emergencies, including dispatching technical experts, sharing of detection / response tools, and joint operational coordination.

CSA-Art.18 · Actions supporting mutual assistance (Article 18) →

Security Dimension 2 Authentication per X.805 Clause 6.2: Authentication confirms that each party to a communication (for example a person, device, service or application) really is who it claims to be, and gives assurance that no party is impersonating anothe...

X805-Dim2-Authentication-Identity-Verification-Claimed-Identities-Entities-Communication · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 2 - Authentication + Identity Verification + Claimed Identity + Entity Authentication + Data Origin Authentication + Mutual Authentication + Multi-Factor + Cryptographic Authentication →

Article 6 designates the electricity cybersecurity competent authority (ECCA) for each Member State, which may be the NIS2 competent authority or a separate sector-specific authority.

NCCS-Art.6_7 · Competent authorities + coordination (NCCS Articles 6-7) →

Questions people ask about enisa

What is ENISA?
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity that contributes to EU cyber policy and supports member states in improving cybersecurity capabilities.
Why is ENISA important for compliance?
ENISA is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding enisa helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address ENISA?
ENISA appears in the requirement text of EU Cyber Resilience Act, FIRST CSIRT Services Framework and Standards, NIS2 Directive, EU Cyber Solidarity Act (Regulation (EU) 2025/38), ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications. Across these standards we have identified 20 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about ENISA?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how enisa applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how ENISA applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.