NIS2, Sovereignty, and Automation: Inside Germany's SOC Market With Johannes Kresse
Security Boulevard, Thursday, July 9th, 2026
A German SOC expert on how NIS2, AI, and sovereignty are reshaping the MSSP and SOC market.
In a discussion sourced from D3 Security's 'Let's SOC About It' podcast, German MSSP and SOC expert Johannes Kresse describes a sharp acceleration in AI and automation adoption across German SOCs over the past year, driven by attackers moving faster.
NIS2 is forcing management to own security outcomes and adding compliance workload that many SOC teams were not built to handle.
These pressures, combined with Europe's sovereignty debate, are pushing companies to reconsider what they insource versus outsource, though MSSPs remain essential for smaller organizations.
Kresse also introduces a SOC map to bring transparency to an MSSP market where finding the right partner has largely been guesswork.