NIS Compliance & Physical Security
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Did you know that in 2025:
Source: GOV UK
To address the growing cyber threat, the UK is introducing the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, strengthening cyber resilience and physical security requirements, and expanding protections for critical services and digital infrastructure.
Our solutions are designed for:
What are the UK NIS Regulations?
The UK Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations help protect the essential services and digital infrastructure that businesses and the public rely on every day.
They apply to operators of essential services, including companies in the energy, transport, health, water and digital infrastructure sectors, as well as certain digital service providers, such as online marketplaces, search engines and cloud computing services.
These companies are required to implement appropriate cybersecurity measures, maintain operational resilience and report significant cyber incidents to the relevant regulator.
The Role of Physical Security in NIS (Access Control, Video Management System)
While NIS focuses on strengthening cybersecurity, it also recognises the importance of protecting the physical environment of network and information systems. Access control helps reduce risk by ensuring only authorised individuals can access buildings, IT & critical infrastructure, and sensitive areas.
Security management solutions support NIS by helping companies to:
- Secure buildings and restricted areas
- Manage employee, visitor, and contractor access
- Maintain detailed access logs for auditing and investigations
- Reduce the risk of unauthorised access and insider threats
- Strengthen business continuity and organisational resilience
Why Cyber Resilience Requires Ongoing Board Commitment
Effective cyber resilience starts at the top. The UK's Cyber Governance Code of Practice encourages boards and senior leaders to take ownership of cyber risk, ensuring it is managed as a core business priority rather than solely an IT responsibility.
As cyber threats continue to evolve, companies should view cyber resilience as an ongoing commitment. Regular risk assessments, governance, staff awareness and robust physical and cybersecurity measures all play an essential role in protecting critical operations.
Physical security in the field of personnel, access policy, and asset management
- Adaptive security through Threat level management: Adapt security policies instantly in response to changing threat levels or incidents. Automatically adjust access rights, lockdown sensitive areas, and strengthen protection when elevated security measures are required.
- Flexibility through granular permission settings (RBAC): Assign access permissions based on an individual's role, responsibilities, or department. Granular access rights help enforce the principle of least privilege, reduce insider risk, and simplify ongoing user management.
Incident handling & real time response
- Always notified about pre-defined events: Automatically trigger predefined actions when a security event occurs, such as displaying live camera feeds, notifying security personnel, or activating site responses. Automation helps ensure faster, more consistent responses to potential threats.
- Automated alarm notification with workflow: An operator gets physical access alarm notification through floorplan with workflow what steps should be taken.
Cryptography and Encryption
- Secure access via OTP & SSO: Protect access to security systems with authentication methods, including passwords, one-time passwords (OTP), single sign-on (SSO), and Microsoft Entra ID integration. Multi-layer authentication helps verify user identities and reduce the risk of unauthorised access.
- Secure end-to-end communication with IPROTECT: Ensure data exchanged between credentials, controllers, and servers is protected through end-to-end encryption.
Business continuity and crisis management
- Automated backup for operations (Failover protection): Automatically switch to a standby system if a server fails, ensuring continuous surveillance monitoring and uninterrupted security operations with minimal downtime.
- Camera as a backup for lost network (Edge recording): Maintain video recording even during network outages by securely storing footage on cameras. Once connectivity is restored, recordings are automatically or manually synchronised to preserve a complete evidence trail.
Multi-factor authentication
Card & PIN and Card & Biometry offer flexible multi-factor authentication to strengthen access security while ensuring a fast and seamless user experience.
Physical security for data centres, IT rooms and infrastructure
- A Unified Security Interface: It provides a single, intuitive interface to monitor access points, cameras, alarms, intercoms, and more through a live, interactive floor plan of a facility. Take action in real time: arm or disarm systems, adjust door states, control video feeds, and respond to events as they happen.
- Automation of predefined actions: Automatically initiate predefined responses to security events, such as displaying live video, notifying security personnel, activating alarms, or triggering other security workflows. Automation reduces response times and ensures consistent incident handling.
- Automation of intrusion detection: Continuously monitor IT cabinets and critical infrastructure through door state monitoring, handle status detection, side panel tamper detection, and optional camera verification. Real-time alerts help security teams detect unauthorised access and respond rapidly to potential threats.
Real Use Cases
See how our solutions help companies protect their facilities and IT infrastructure against real security threats, ensuring business continuity, operational resilience, and rapid incident response.
Unauthorized Access
No card cloning risk with IPROTECT
Network Sabotage
Automated backup operation for system continuity - Failover protection
Database Attack
Secure end to end communication with IPROTECT
Incident Response
Pre-defined event in IPROTECT triggers alarm
And much more!
Customer Story
noris network AG
Founded in 1993, noris were the first Internet service provider in northern Bavaria making them a pioneer. They have been living up to this role for 30 years. With now more than 500 colleagues, they offer their customers IT services in various areas.
