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Two technicians in blue coveralls at an industrial control-room console, one facing banks of process monitors and the other standing at a panel of illuminated switches.

NIS2·

NIS2 and the CRA: two clocks on one factory

NIS2 regulates the plant you run. The CRA regulates what leaves it. Two 24-hour clocks, two different triggers — and in most factories, no owner.

8 min read · Sylvio Sorel

A compliance officer reads a bound filing at a desk under a lamp at night, numbered ring binders lined up behind him.

DORA·

Your DORA register got accepted. Now supervisors read it.

Two DORA register of information filings in, 'accepted' means the file parsed. What supervisors now read from it, and what to fix before 31 December.

6 min read · Sylvio Sorel

A team reviewing AI governance documentation together at a desk in a bright modern office.

ISO 42001·

ISO 42001, Sized for SMBs: The AI Certificate Your Buyers Will Ask For Before the Regulator Does

ISO 42001 is the first certifiable AI management system standard. What's inside, what it costs an SMB, and why buyers will ask before the regulator does.

5 min read · Sylvio Sorel

An engineer working on a laptop beside a wiring harness assembly rig in an electronics manufacturing facility.

Cyber Resilience Act·

CRA reporting is live. You may be the manufacturer.

CRA reporting went live on 11 September 2026: 24 hours to report an exploited vulnerability in something you sold. Manufacturer is a role, not an industry.

7 min read · Sylvio Sorel

A 3D-rendered white robot with an AI badge working at a laptop, illustrating the EU AI Act Article 50 chatbot disclosure obligation.

AI Act·

On 2 August, Your Chatbot Must Say It's a Bot. The AI Deadline the Omnibus Didn't Move.

Everyone heard the AI Act was delayed sixteen months. Article 50 wasn't. From 2 August 2026, your chatbot must say it's a bot — fines up to €15M or 3%.

5 min read · Sylvio Sorel

A management team in a glass-walled boardroom discussing AI governance and EU AI Act readiness.

AI Act·

AI Omnibus: The 16-Month AI Act Reprieve, and Why Your Real Deadline Just Got Closer

The AI Omnibus is law. It moved the high-risk deadline to December 2027 — and created a new one on 2 December 2026, in the €35M/7% penalty band.

8 min read · Sylvio Sorel

A fintech operator reviewing a payments dashboard — DORA applies to non-bank financial entities across the EU.

DORA·

You're Not a Bank. DORA Still Applies. And the First Inspections Have Started.

DORA has been fully applicable since 17 January 2025. Most non-banks read that as someone else's problem. In 2026, that misread becomes a supervisory problem.

5 min read · Sylvio Sorel

A chess board mid-game — boards now have to make calculated, defensible moves on NIS2.

NIS2·

NIS2 Enforcement Has Started: 8 Questions Your Board Must Answer in the First 30 Days

NIS2 is now enforced across most of the EU. Article 20 puts directors personally on the hook. Eight questions every board must answer in 30 days.

7 min read · Sylvio Sorel