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Solution · NIS2

NIS2 compliance starts
with knowing who owns what.

NIS2 Article 21 requires organizations to maintain asset inventories with clear ownership and access controls. OwndUp gives you an auditable system of record — not another spreadsheet.

The problem

What NIS2 expects —
and where teams struggle.

The EU's NIS2 directive requires essential and important entities to implement cybersecurity risk management measures, including asset management.

Asset inventory with ownership

Article 21 requires knowing what you have and who is responsible for it. Most organizations track assets in spreadsheets with no ownership accountability — that won't pass an audit.

Access control & change management

NIS2 requires documented access controls and change management processes. When assets change hands informally, there's no audit trail for regulators to review.

Incident response readiness

When an incident occurs, you need to know immediately who owns the affected systems and can take action. Without clear ownership, incident response is delayed and chaotic.

The solution

How OwndUp supports
NIS2 readiness.

OwndUp provides the asset ownership layer that NIS2 requires — with audit trails, access controls, and documented change management built in.

Auditable asset register

Every asset, tool, and contract is tracked with a single accountable owner. The full history of ownership changes is logged and exportable for auditors.

Documented change management

Every ownership transfer requires explicit acceptance. No informal handovers — the complete chain of custody is recorded with timestamps and actor identifiers.

EU-hosted, GDPR compliant

Data stored exclusively on European servers. Privacy by design. No transatlantic data transfers. Built to meet the data sovereignty expectations of EU regulators.

Proof, not promises

The receipts behind
"NIS2-ready."

Where the data lives, who runs it, what we will and won't sign for. No marketing varnish.

Subprocessors

A short, public list of every third party that touches your data — what they do, where they're based, and the legal basis for the relationship. Updated whenever it changes, never silently.

Article 21(2) — what we cover

NIS2 Article 21(2) lists ten cybersecurity risk-management measures. Here's where OwndUp directly contributes, partly contributes, and stays out.

Measure What it requires How OwndUp helps
(i) Asset management Inventory of information assets with documented ownership. Direct: centralized ledger; one accountable owner per item; full ownership history exportable.
(i) Access control policies Documented who has access to what, with periodic review. Direct: each item shows current owner; periodic re-acknowledgement; audit trail of all transfers.
(b) Incident handling Knowing immediately who owns affected systems during an incident. Partial: real-time owner lookup per asset. (You still need a SIEM and incident-response runbook.)
(d) Supply chain security Tracking third-party contracts and vendor relationships. Partial: contract entities with renewal dates, accountable owners, decision states. (Vendor risk scoring is on you.)
(f) Effectiveness assessment Demonstrating risk-management processes work over time. Direct: periodic owner re-acknowledgement; immutable, exportable change log per item.

What we don't claim to cover

Cryptography (h), MFA (j), backup & disaster recovery (c), staff training (g), and basic cyber hygiene policies (a, e) are out of scope. Anyone selling you "complete NIS2 compliance" in a single tool is overselling. OwndUp is one piece of the puzzle — the asset-ownership and access-accountability piece.

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ownership journey.

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