Bare Metal Cyber

S2E52 - Regulation Whiplash

Published: July 16, 2026

Duration: 17:59

Regulation whiplash is becoming a familiar feeling for leaders caught between the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the NIS2 Directive, and new SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules. In this episode, we walk through how a single incident can trigger three different sets of expectations, each with its own timelines, definitions, and pressures. You will hear how these regimes quietly converge on a core set of questions about operational resilience, governance, incident transparency, and third-party risk, and why treating them as separate projects only amplifies the pain when things go wrong.

From there, the episode follows the structure of...