Compliance in the DACH region: which rules apply to your company
Companies in the DACH region are subject to several regulations at once: data protection under the FADP and GDPR, cybersecurity under the ISA, Germany’s NIS2 act or Austria’s NISG 2026, the EU AI Act with Germany’s KI-MIG, the Data Act, accessibility under the BFSG and BaFG, and German e-invoicing. Which apply depends on seat, size, sector and offering.
This topic page guides you through the content that helps with this question: the regulatory check, the country comparison and the overview of supervisory authorities, glossary terms, articles, checklists and our offers from compliance assessment to NIS2 implementation. The content explains rules and approaches and does not replace legal advice on individual cases.
Terms
- Gap analysis
- Compliance management system (CMS)
- GDPR
- Swiss FADP (revFADP)
- NIS2 Directive
- NISG 2026 (Austria)
- ISO/IEC 27001
- DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act)
- TISAX
- EU Data Act
- E-invoice (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
- BFSG (German Accessibility Strengthening Act)
- Whistleblower protection (HinSchG, HSchG)
- KI-MIG (German AI Market Surveillance and Innovation Act)
- Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
- Cyberattack reporting obligation (Switzerland)
Overviews
Articles
- Which rules apply to my company? A compliance assessment in five steps
- Swiss companies with customers in Germany: which German and EU duties apply
- Switzerland’s cyberattack reporting obligation: what the ISA requires and how to be ready to report within 24 hours
- GDPR vs. Swiss FADP: the differences that matter in practice
Checklists
Offers
Decision guides
Services
Products
- AI Risk CheckEU AI Act classification & compliance automation.
- FLIOREThe Family Office Operating System.
- CyveriQComing soon
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