Protection of Critical Infrastructure: Bundestag Decides on Kritis-Dachgesetz

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With the so-called Kritis roof law, uniform standards for securing the infrastructure are introduced. However, according to experts, there are gaps.

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Following an agreement with the Federal Council, the Bundestag will today pass the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (Kritis-Dachgesetz), which transposes the European CER Directive into German law, according to Bitkom. Among other things, it will require operators of critical infrastructure to conduct a risk assessment for hybrid threats. The implementation deadline already expired on October 18, 2024, and legal action is pending against G…