Article 2 Security elements
1. Security of systems and facilities referred to in regulation 12(2)(c)(i) of the NIS Regulations means the security of network and information systems and of their physical environment and shall include the following elements:
(a) the systematic management of network and information systems, which means a mapping of information systems and the establishment of a set of appropriate policies on managing information security, including risk analysis, human resources, security of operations, security architecture, secure data and system life cycle management and where applicable, encryption and its management;
(b) physical and environmental security, which means the availability of a set of measures to protect the security of RDSPs' network and information systems from damage using an all-hazards risk-based approach, addressing for instance system failure, human error, malicious action or natural phenomena;
(c) the security of supplies, which means the establishment and maintenance of appropriate policies in order to ensure the accessibility and where applicable the traceability of critical supplies used in the provision of the services;
(d) the access controls to network and information systems, which means the availability of a set of measures to ensure that the physical and logical access to network and information systems, including administrative security of network and information systems, is authorised and restricted based on business and security requirements.