>> Inside this brief
Five questions answered.
The brief is structured around the five questions an audit committee will actually ask before signing off on a cybersecurity line item.
Question
01
What's the actual cost of a cyber incident in your sector?
Industry-wide breach economics drawn from public reports — not vendor claims, not synthetic ROI math.
Question
02
Where does NIS2 personal liability for management actually start?
The legal architecture: 24-hour notification clocks, fine ceilings, and the line where the management body becomes personally accountable.
Question
03
What changes with DORA, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, and the EU AI Act?
The regulatory pipeline through 2027 — which sectors fall under which regime, and where the obligations overlap.
Question
04
Why does data residency matter for cybersecurity spend?
The real cost of US-routed vendors under EU data-protection law — and what an EU label without an EU data plane actually buys you.
Question
05
How do you build a 12-month cyber roadmap that survives board review?
Spend categories, sequencing, and the metrics that hold up to audit-committee scrutiny — not a vendor wish-list.
>> Built for
Decision-makers, not engineers.
Board members
At energy operators, hospitals, manufacturers, and telecoms operating in the European Union.
CFOs evaluating cybersecurity spend
Looking for risk math that survives audit-committee review — not a vendor savings calculator.
Chief Risk and Compliance Officers
Mapping regulatory exposure across NIS2, DORA, and the EU AI Act in a single board pack.
>> Format
Designed for one read.
1 page (printed)
5-minute read
No marketing fluff
Free, no email gate
One page. Five questions. Free.
Take it to your next board meeting, or send it to your CFO before yours.
Pre-launch note
This is a research-grade brief. The full Q1 2026 edition will be auditor-reviewed before release. We will publish the change log here.