Round 1: The Basics

Round 2: Risk Management

• ISO 27001: Obsessively risk-averse. It wants you to document everything from password policies to who gets access to the office snack drawer.
• NIS2: Focuses on critical sectors, making sure you don’t accidentally knock out an entire country’s electricity supply.
• DORA: Risks? Sure, but only if they’re financial. If it’s not threatening a bank or insurance company, DORA’s not interested.

Winner: ISO 27001. It worries about everything, but hey, thoroughness is a virtue.

Round 3: Incident Reporting

• ISO 27001: Incident? Oh, just quietly update your records and improve next time.
• NIS2: “You’ve got 24 hours to spill the beans on that ransomware attack—or face the wrath of regulators.”
• DORA: “Forget the drama—give me the impact on financial stability, pronto!”

Winner: NIS2. It runs the tightest ship with no room for excuses. ISO 27001 is too chill, and DORA’s all about the Benjamins.

Round 4: Senior Management Involvement

• ISO 27001: “Leadership, we’d love your support, but we’ll do the heavy lifting.”
• NIS2: “Senior management is directly accountable. Yes, you, the CEO.”
• DORA: “Executives, if this affects the bottom line, we’ll be knocking on your office door.”

Winner: NIS2. Nothing screams accountability like putting the boss on the hook for breaches.

Round 5: Continuous Improvement

• ISO 27001: Lives for improvement. Loves a good audit cycle and thrives on never-ending tweaks.
• NIS2: Improves as needed, but mostly through regulatory updates.
• DORA: Improvement? Sure, as long as it makes financial systems more stable.

Winner: ISO 27001. It’s the geek that always does its homework.

Bonus Round: Who’s the Most Annoying?

• ISO 27001: You’ll be buried in documentation, but at least it doesn’t fine you.
• NIS2: Those 24-hour incident reports can make you sweat bullets.
• DORA: Endless financial reports and risk assessments? Fun times for finance teams!

Loser: A tie. They all have their moments.

And the Winner Is…

Drumroll, please… It depends!

• If you’re in the EU’s critical sectors, NIS2 is your ultimate ruler. Bow down and comply.
• In finance? DORA is your new best frenemy.
• Want a globally recognized framework that works for everyone? ISO 27001 takes the crown.

Together, these frameworks create a cybersecurity utopia—or dystopia, depending on your perspective. The real challenge is finding the right balance to keep everyone happy (and out of trouble).