A massive, exhausted turtle trudging through a surreal European city, carrying a towering heap of audit checklists, sticky notes, and cybersecurity manuals on its shell. Tiny overworked auditors run around frantically.

NIS2 compliance: The Kafkaesque burden on Europe’s companies

Europe mandates hundreds of thousands of companies to meet stringent cybersecurity standards, yet the auditor pool is woefully small.

November 26, 2025 · 4 min