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NIS2 DirectiveC5 (Germany)

NIS2 Directive covers 26.4% of C5 (Germany)

32 of the 121 controls in C5 (Germany) are already satisfied by evidence you collected for NIS2 Directive. 89 are genuine gaps. Every claim below was judged against both control sets and then argued against; the ones that did not survive are published further down with the reason each failed.

26.4%
of the target already covered
32
controls evidenced
89
genuine gaps
0
claims rejected in review

This number is directional. It says how much of C5 (Germany) your NIS2 Directive evidence satisfies. The reverse pair is a different number, often very different, because a security standard has enormous depth for access control and almost none for lawful basis or data subject rights.

90 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were removed. Signed off 2026-08-20, review level machine verified. Mappings were judged by Claude Code rather than read line by line by a practitioner. Every claim shows its reasoning so you can check it. Ask and a practitioner will review this pair.

Where the gaps are

Coverage is never evenly spread. A source standard usually satisfies one part of a target almost completely and barely touches another, and which part is which is the thing worth knowing before you plan the work.

C5: Control and Monitoring of Service Providers and Suppliers4 of 5 evidenced, 1 to do
C5: Security Incident Management3 of 5 evidenced, 2 to do
C5: Compliance2 of 4 evidenced, 2 to do
C5: Cryptography and Key Management2 of 4 evidenced, 2 to do
C5: Organisation of Information Security3 of 7 evidenced, 4 to do
C5: Identity and Access Management3 of 9 evidenced, 6 to do
C5: Human Resources2 of 6 evidenced, 4 to do
C5: Security Policies and Instructions1 of 3 evidenced, 2 to do
C5: Business Continuity Management1 of 4 evidenced, 3 to do
C5: Operations5 of 24 evidenced, 19 to do
C5: Product Safety and Security2 of 12 evidenced, 10 to do
C5: Asset Management1 of 6 evidenced, 5 to do
C5: Physical Security1 of 7 evidenced, 6 to do
C5: Communication Security1 of 8 evidenced, 7 to do
C5: Procurement, Development and Modification of Information Systems1 of 10 evidenced, 9 to do
C5: Dealing with Investigation Requests from Government Agencies0 of 4 evidenced, 4 to do
C5: Portability and Interoperability0 of 3 evidenced, 3 to do

Theme level, not control level, deliberately. The per-control list of what is evidenced and what is a gap is the report itself, so publishing it here would be publishing the thing being sold.

Claims that held

A sample. Each one names the control whose evidence does the work, the control it satisfies, and why.

Art.21.2.iC5-AM-01argued against and upheld
Asset Inventory

Asset management limb requires knowing what the entity has and who owns it.

Art.21.2.cC5-BCM-03argued against and upheld
Planning business continuity

Requires continuity and crisis plans with declaration, decision rights and communication under pressure.

Art.21.2.fC5-COM-03argued against and upheld
Internal audits of the information security management system

Requires scheduled assessment by an independent assessor with findings tracked to remediation.

Art.20.1C5-COM-04argued against and upheld
Information on information security performance and management assessment of the ISMS

Body must receive reporting good enough to judge whether implementation is real, as a standing duty.

Art.21.2.gC5-COS-03argued against and upheld
Monitoring of connections in the Cloud Service Provider's network

Hygiene baseline expressly requires segmenting networks into separated zones.

Art.21.2.hC5-CRY-01argued against and upheld
Policy for the use of encryption procedures and key management

Requires a written cryptography policy covering algorithms, key lengths and legal obligations.

Art.21.2.hC5-CRY-04argued against and upheld
Secure key management

Requires key generation, storage, rotation, revocation and control of access to key material.

Art.21.2.eC5-DEV-01argued against and upheld
Policies for the development/procurement of information systems

Requires security built into acquisition, development and maintenance across the life cycle.

Claims that did not hold

Nothing proposed for this pair was rejected in review. That is unusual and worth knowing rather than hiding: it means the candidate set was small and every candidate held.

The full report

Everything above is a sample. The report is every evidenced control and every gap, with the reasoning and the source document behind each one, in a form you can hand to an assessor. $299, emailed immediately.

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