Regulatory frameworks governing critical infrastructure cybersecurity have tightened considerably, with mandatory incident reporting timelines, minimum technical control requirements, and in some sectors, personal liability provisions for executives who fail to ensure adequate protection. Operators who treat these baselines as compliance checkboxes to satisfy rather than genuine security floors remain more exposed than the regulatory framework intends.
Meeting the letter and the intent of the requirement
Genuine protection requires understanding what a regulatory requirement is actually trying to prevent, not merely satisfying its literal text: a requirement for network segmentation exists to limit how far an attacker can move after initial compromise, and satisfying it with segmentation that looks correct on a network diagram but is not enforced in practice provides compliance without protection.
Cross-sector coordination has become more important as attackers increasingly target supply chain relationships between critical infrastructure operators and their vendors, meaning an organization’s security posture now depends partly on the posture of partners it does not directly control.
JIG helps critical infrastructure operators build security programs that meet both the letter and the genuine intent of tightening regulatory requirements.