NIS2
Comparison
Updated 23 September 2026
by Alessandro Truffo
Epic Assess or an international GRC platform for NIS2?
Vanta, Drata, Secureframe and similar tools compared with a platform built on the Italian decree and on the ACN determinations.
The large international GRC platforms, such as Vanta, Drata and Secureframe, support NIS2 as a European framework, alongside ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIST, and collect evidence automatically by connecting to your tools. Epic Assess is built on Legislative Decree 138/2024 (D.Lgs. 138/2024), Italy's NIS2 transposition, and on the basic measures of ACN (Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale, Italy's National Cybersecurity Agency), in Italian, with the deadlines and files of the ACN portal. If you answer to ACN, you work on the text ACN checks, not on a translation of it.
The comparison in one table
Competitor pages accessed on 22 September 2026.
| International GRC (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe) | Epic Assess | |
|---|---|---|
| NIS2 support | Yes, as a framework of the European directive (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe) | Yes, on the Italian transposition: D.Lgs. 138/2024 and ACN Determination 379907/2025 |
| ACN measures (43 essential / 37 important) | Not found in the NIS2 pages consulted | Built-in catalogue, requirement text faithful to the ACN annexes |
| References to ACN, the ACN portal, D.Lgs. 138/2024 | Not found in the NIS2 pages consulted | ACN deadlines, registration data, categorisation and the list of relevant suppliers in line with the ACN template |
| Other frameworks | Yes, with mapping across frameworks (for example ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF 2.0, TISAX) | NIS2 and the AI Act, with control mapping to CIS Controls v8, NIST SP 800-53 and other standards |
| Automatic evidence collection from your systems | Yes, through integrations with cloud, identity and device tools (stated by Vanta and Drata) | Evidence uploaded and linked to each requirement, with an owner and a renewal date |
| Language | NIS2 pages in English | Interface and content in Italian |
| Public price | Not stated on the pages consulted | Tailored, not published |
What international GRC platforms offer
- Automation across cloud, identity and device tools, designed for companies with many SaaS systems.
- Several frameworks at once, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001 and NIS2, for those who answer to clients and auditors in several markets.
Why Epic Assess for Italian NIS2
- The text that counts in Italy. ACN does not ask for "NIS2 compliance" in the abstract: it asks for the basic measures of Determination 379907/2025, with their codes and their requirements, and for the documents approved by the management bodies. Our catalogue is exactly that.
- The Italian calendar. Registration from 1 January to 28 February, annual update and relevant suppliers from 15 April to 31 May, categorisation from 1 May to 30 June, different deadlines for each cohort: they are in the product.
- The ACN portal files. The categorised list of activities and services and the list of relevant suppliers in the layout of the ACN template.
- Notifications to CSIRT Italia. The 24-hour, 72-hour and one-month windows under Article 25, with ACN's incident types.
Further reading
The other comparisons:
Sources
The official sources are published in Italian; the third-party pages are in English.
- Vanta, NIS 2 compliance, accessed 22/09/2026
- Drata, NIS 2 Compliance, accessed 22/09/2026
- Secureframe, NIS2 Directive, accessed 22/09/2026
- Information on third-party products is taken from the public pages listed, as of the date they were accessed.
- ACN, "Modalità e specifiche di base" (basic procedures and specifications)
- D.Lgs. 138/2024, Normattiva
- Epic Assess features: status as of 23 September 2026, internal product documentation.