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Whether a company counts as KRITIS is often judged by its industry \u2014 and that is the wrong starting point. What matters is the specific facility, the critical service it provides and the regulation that applies, from the BSI Act and NIS2 to the KRITIS Umbrella Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,146,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-controlcenter-en","category-criticalinfrastructure","category-electronicsecurity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Is KRITIS? Critical Infrastructure in Germany Explained<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What does KRITIS mean? 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