NIS360 evaluates the cybersecurity maturity and criticality of sectors covered by the NIS2 Directive, focusing on areas such as risk management, operational preparedness, information sharing, institutional capacity, and the resilience of sectoral ecosystems. CyberNEMO demonstrates a strong alignment with the objectives of ENISA’s NIS360 framework in several sectors that are explicitly covered by both the project’s pilot activities and the NIS360 assessment. In particular, the project addresses cybersecurity challenges in healthcare, water services, public-sector digital services, and ICT-enabled critical infrastructures through a comprehensive Zero Trust architecture spanning the IoT–Edge–Cloud–Data continuum. By integrating AI-driven threat detection, continuous monitoring, policy enforcement, risk assessment, and incident mitigation capabilities, CyberNEMO contributes directly to the enhancement of cybersecurity preparedness, operational resilience, and risk management maturity that NIS360 identifies as priorities for these critical sectors.

The alignment is particularly evident in the healthcare and water domains, which NIS360 highlights as sectors requiring sustained efforts to improve cybersecurity maturity and resilience. CyberNEMO’s solutions support secure access management, protection of sensitive operational and personal data, continuous threat monitoring, and coordinated incident response across distributed infrastructures. Through its SAAM platform, the project also strengthens collaboration, information sharing, and cyber situational awareness among stakeholders, addressing key NIS360 objectives related to ecosystem cooperation and collective resilience across critical services.

CyberNEMO validates these capabilities through dedicated pilots operating in sectors that fall within the scope of NIS360. The healthcare pilot focuses on securing access to electronic health records and healthcare information systems using Zero Trust principles and advanced cyber-defence mechanisms. The energy pilot addresses the protection of operational technologies and critical service infrastructures against cyber threats, while cross-organizational federation scenarios demonstrate secure collaboration, threat intelligence exchange, and coordinated incident management among critical-sector stakeholders. These pilots provide practical evidence of how CyberNEMO technologies can support the improvement of cybersecurity maturity in sectors that NIS360 identifies as strategically important for the resilience of the European Union.