This whitepaper explains how the EU NIS2 Directive significantly raises cybersecurity requirements for organizations operating in essential and important sectors, with API security playing a central role. NIS2 expands the scope of regulated industries, mandates risk-based security controls, incident reporting, supply chain protection, and business continuity, and introduces penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of global revenue for non-compliance. Because APIs underpin critical digital services and are a primary attack vector, the paper emphasizes full API visibility, risk assessment, strong authentication and encryption, continuous monitoring, and rapid incident detection and reporting. It concludes that continuous API discovery, posture governance, and real-time behavioral protection are

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