Athereon GRC

Master `NIS2 Implementation` with Athereon GRC

We support you with solutions to comply with the new EU directive on cybersecurity and resilience.
Developed in Germany
Ready for NIS2
Hosted in Germany
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Over 100+ Trust Our GRC Solutions

Excellent Solution

With your NIS2-compliant information security management system.

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Reporting

Master reporting obligations

Our software offers integrated workflows for timely and automated incident reporting, with automated detection and assessment of security-related incidents in accordance with NIS2 legislation. Real-time monitoring helps you ensure continuous compliance with reporting requirements.
Minimize manual effort through predefined processes and interfaces.

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Foundation

Automatically fulfill requirements

With our solution, you can fulfill 70% of the requirements automatically and save valuable time. Our software enables full integration of the NIS2 requirement as an applicable compliance standard. Furthermore, pre-defined mapping to other standards (e.g., ISO 27001) helps you seamlessly extend existing ISMS structures.
Direct integration into existing compliance processes ensures that you can maintain your usual workflows with minimal additional effort. Our comprehensive ISMS platform provides all the tools you need for implementing and long-term operationalization of your processes. Through seamless documentation and tracking, your compliance risk is significantly reduced.

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Smart Questionnaires

Structured security processes & global control

Athereon GRC's integrated compliance management ensures that you meet NIS2 requirements, while automated risk analyses and real-time monitoring identify potential threats early on. Furthermore, comprehensive compliance documentation ensures that all regulatory requirements are met at all times. Athereon GRC Smart Questionnaires also allow you to automate supplier audits, significantly minimizing the associated effort.
A unified platform for ISMS and BCM – to strengthen your cyber resilience.

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Smart Assistance

Close gaps with Athereon AI

Athereon's very own generative AI can act as your assistant to help you comply with requirements, automate workflows, identify risks, and assist with policy formulation. The customizable and integrated AI helps you gain clarity about dependencies, upcoming tasks, audit management, or standard requirements with just a click. Athereon AI uses a German LLM (Large Language Model) and was developed entirely by us. This means your data remains secure and never leaves our servers.

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Why Leading Companies Prefer Our NIS2 Software

Organizations relying on our technology.

"By using Athereon GRC, we were able to link the requirements of the various standards (ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, BSI C5, ISO 27701) and thus process them in just one place. The effort required to maintain the respective requirements of these standards and norms and the complexity that normally accompanies them have been significantly reduced through the use of Athereon GRC. I would like to highlight two points in particular: 1) Open communication regarding customer requests and feature requests at all times. These are usually implemented very promptly. 2) The always fast and competent support from the support team. Many thanks to the Athereon GRC team for the collaboration!"

Torsten Zinke
Information Security (ISB) & Compliance Manager

Implement NIS2 now

We help you ensure security for time-critical processes. Conduct an impact assessment now.

Custom-fit Functionality with Our NIS2 Software

Designed to efficiently meet NIS2 requirements.

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NIS2 requirement
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Asset Management
Register values (primary and secondary asset types) and place them in hierarchical dependencies, or import them directly from your enterprise architecture or asset management system.
Critical assets must be systematically identified and managed. These include physical and digital assets whose integrity and availability must be ensured.
Compliance Management
Modular and editorially prepared standard management to precisely document your implementation.
Compliance with requirements must be clearly demonstrated: documented implementation of appropriate security measures, regular tests and ongoing adaptation to changing threat situations.
Response Management
Manage measures and controls integrated in Athereon GRC.
Implement, monitor and improve appropriate security measures.
Risk Management
Automated risk management with real-time risk assessment and detailed representation of your gross/net risks.
Implement appropriate cybersecurity risk management: continuously identify, assess, and mitigate risks to essential and important facilities.
Document Management
Develop relevant ISMS documentation and manage governance body in an audit-proof manner.
Comprehensive security strategy must be documented and compliance with security measures must be proven.
Audit Management
Schedule audits automatically and conduct internal audits they way external auditors would.
Regularly evaluate and optimize security precautions.

Your `Advantages` with Athereon GRC

Our NIS2-compliant solution.

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Workflows

A comprehensive platform for complex NIS2 implementations with all necessary tools and smartly integrated workflows for organized and collaborative compliance management.

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Engaging all stakeholders

Create a seamless network for relevant employees, departments, suppliers, and internal and external audit teams for optimized collaboration both, within teams and with external parties/suppliers.

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Automated reporting

In the event of security incidents, create structured and comprehensive reports at the touch of a button. This allows you to easily comply with the stricter reporting requirements under NIS2 and precisely manage valuable resources when dealing with threats. For best results when they matter the most.

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Up to date

Athereon GRC automatically updates data for all frameworks, always provides you with the required and most current versions of your standards, and links them to previous versions, allowing you to focus on implementation and compliance. This ensures you always comply precisely with the latest regulations – differentiated for different organizational levels and locations.

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One platform, multiple standards

Athereon GRC's advanced mapping allows you to easily combine overlapping requirements such as NIS2 and ISO 27001. This allows you to benefit from valuable synergies and significantly reduce your workload.

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Complex organizations, simple mapping

Apply specific NIS2 requirements tailored to individual locations or assets. To do so, store your detailed documentation, evidence, and exceptions. View your exact NIS2 maturity level through various cross-sections.

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Real-time insights

Use continuous monitoring based on our 360-degree NIS2 real-time model to monitor your entire NIS2 compliance at any time and respond quickly to changes.

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Master audits

With discipline-based features, comprehensive reports, and detailed evaluations, you can master any NIS2 audit and keep track of all results. Our solution offers automatic reminders and structured follow-up to ensure all audit requirements are met efficiently.

Made in Germany

Athereon GRC was developed and is hosted in Germany, meaning your data never leaves German servers and is never transferred abroad. This makes Athereon GRC a suitable software for critical infrastructure organizations and others that handle sensitive data and place great value on high security standards. The software is also fully available in German and English.

Customer's `Success Stories`

Learn how we simplify compliance for businesses like yours.

We particularly value the way in which requirements are discussed and implemented in a competent, open, critical, and solution-oriented manner. In our experience, this is not something to be taken for granted.

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Olaf Reimann
Head of Enterprise Architecture and Cyber Security Governance
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Our collaboration with Athereon GRC was a complete success. The team's high level of expertise and outstanding support helped us progress and achieve success in the TISAX® assessment. The implemented software includes numerous features and an intuitive user interface that meets all our requirements to our complete satisfaction. Athereon GRC facilitates our tasks efficiently and reliably at all our locations.

Thorsten Kohlstock
IT Manager
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"With Athereon GRC, we overcame the challenges of TISAX® certification. The software's ease of use and comprehensive functionality helped us meet all requirements efficiently and in a coordinated manner across our various locations. The support we received from Athereon GRC was outstanding and helped us successfully complete the project."

Christian Kaiser
Head of IT Consulting
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Construction Line

For Bayard, we made exactly the right decision by selecting Athereon GRC for our initial certification. The cockpit is particularly user-friendly; you always have a complete overview of all ISO requirements and processes and know exactly where you are. The software itself always covers the latest regulatory requirements, so you are well prepared for audits. Help from the team was also always reliable, competent, and unbureaucratic. We particularly appreciated the personal support and the straightforward, solution-oriented approach for our company.

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Inga Kramer
Lead HR & Projects
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"By using Athereon GRC, we were able to link the requirements of the various standards (ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, BSI C5, ISO 27701) and thus process them in just one place.

The effort required to maintain the respective requirements of these standards and norms and the complexity that normally accompanies them have been significantly reduced through the use of Athereon GRC.

I would like to highlight two points in particular:

1) Open communication regarding customer requests and feature requests at all times. These are usually implemented very promptly.

2) The always fast and competent support from the support team.

Many thanks to the Athereon GRC team for the collaboration!

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Torsten Zinke
Information Security (ISB) & Compliance Manager
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"The implementation of the ISMS according to BSI IT-Grundschutz with Athereon GRC has exceeded our expectations. Centralized management and control gave us a comprehensive overview of the security status and compliance with regulations. The real-time monitoring of GRC activities and the adaptation to legal requirements proved particularly helpful. Overall, Athereon GRC has helped us improve our security standards and effectively manage risks."

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Matthias Totzauer
Group Chief Information Security Officer - CISO
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Construction Sites

For Bayard, we made exactly the right decision by selecting Athereon GRC for our initial certification. The cockpit is particularly user-friendly; you always have a complete overview of all ISO requirements and processes and know exactly where you are. The software itself always covers the latest regulatory requirements, so you are well prepared for audits. Help from the team was also always reliable, competent, and unbureaucratic. We particularly appreciated the personal support and the straightforward, solution-oriented approach for our company.

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Inga Kramer
Lead HR & Projects
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People that are planning something

Collaboration with Athereon GRC was very straightforward, both during project implementation and ongoing use. There was always a competent contact person. Any issues that arose were resolved promptly after reporting, and questions about specific Athereon GRC features were always answered quickly. Furthermore, ideas for new features or suggestions for improvements are received with great interest and then published in a future release.

We've come to value the unbureaucratic, customer-focused collaboration as our greatest advantage and strength, something we sometimes miss with other providers. We also particularly like the videos on Athereon GRC that have been published recently.

Athereon GRC can definitely be recommended for public sector administrations of our size.

Gunnar Herbst
Information Security Officer
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IT Room

Collaboration with Athereon GRC was very straightforward, both during project implementation and ongoing use. There was always a competent contact person. Any issues that arose were resolved promptly after reporting, and questions about specific Athereon GRC features were always answered quickly. Furthermore, ideas for new features or suggestions for improvements are received with great interest and then published in a future release.

We've come to value the unbureaucratic, customer-focused collaboration as our greatest advantage and strength, something we sometimes miss with other providers. We also particularly like the videos on Athereon GRC that have been published recently.

Athereon GRC can definitely be recommended for public sector administrations of our size.

Gunnar Herbst
Information Security Officer
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Fast and easy onboarding

3 Steps to Your NIS2 Software

Your digital transformation can be this fast.

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1. Unverbindliche NIS2-Beratung

Experience the difference of excellent customer support, tailored to your individual requirements. We're always there for you, offering exciting insights into implementation and in-depth insights into our software.

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2. Free demo account

After an initial consultation, we would be happy to set up a demo version of our software for you, allowing you to click around independently and experience the benefits of Athereon GRC in practice and at your leisure.

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3. Efficient implementation

With our comprehensive range of services covering onboarding, migration, and customization, you'll be ready to implement your GRC processes digitally with Athereon GRC in just a few weeks. A dedicated, expert onboarding manager is available to assist you at all times.

Start your GRC transformation

We are happy to support you on your journey.

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FAQs

Get detailed answers to the most frequently asked questions.

What is the NIS2 Directive?

The second version of the Network and Information Security Directive, or NIS2 for short, aims to strengthen the cyber resilience of critical and important infrastructures in both the public and private sectors within the EU. More specifically, the updated directive includes stricter measures and reporting obligations for IT security incidents for numerous companies.

When will the NIS2 implementation law come into force in Germany?

Since October 17, 2024, the EU-wide obligation for member states to implement the new NIS 2 Directive through national law has been in effect. Due to the coalition collapse in November 2024, legal implementation in Germany has been delayed. A specific date for the entry into force of a corresponding law in Germany is currently unknown, but is expected soon.

Who is affected by NIS2?

The new directive affects significantly more industries and companies than the first EU directive on network and information security. Companies are also responsible for independently determining whether they are affected by NIS2.

The majority are medium-sized and large companies. You can find out exactly which industries are affected and which of the two new categories they belong to in our blog post on NIS2. The BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) also offers a practical assessment with questions to help you find out if you are affected and if so, to further classify your company.

What are the new NIS2 requirements?

Important additions to NIS2 include severe penalties for violations and the stricter deadlines and requirements for reporting IT security incidents. Three time frames have been established, within which there are specific documentation requirements.

You can find out exactly what needs to be done in the event of an IT security incident and how much time your company has to do so in our blog post on NIS2.

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Make it to the top in compliance

Finally ensure smooth processes and regulatory clarity in all areas of your company.

`News` from Athereon GRC

Learn from others' best practices or simply stay up to date.

Whitepapers

Our whitepapers offer a selection of informative documents addressing the latest developments and challenges in GRC. Download our whitepapers to gain valuable insights and stay up to date.

Blog

On our blog, you'll always find the latest articles on relevant guidelines, legal changes, and current developments in compliance. We also offer interesting insights into our company.

Webinars

Our webinars offer regular training sessions on general compliance topics, regulatory updates, and updates to our software. Always relevant, always up-to-date.

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