NIS2 Readiness & Evidence Tracker | Excel Compliance Dashboard

Description
🛡️ NIS2 READINESS & EVIDENCE TRACKER OS


Bring greater structure, visibility and accountability to internal NIS2 readiness work with a professional Excel-based management system.


Designed for GRC, cybersecurity, IT, risk, audit and compliance teams, the toolkit connects controls, maturity assessments, remediation actions, evidence, incidents, supplier risk and critical assets within one coordinated workflow.


Instead of maintaining disconnected spreadsheets and evidence lists, teams can work from a structured readiness system with automated calculations, validated inputs, visual indicators and executive reporting.


IDEAL FOR
🛡️ GRC & Compliance Teams
🔐 Information Security Teams
💻 IT & Security Leadership
👤 CISOs
⚠️ Risk Management Teams
🤝 Supplier & Third-Party Risk Owners
📋 Internal Audit
🗂️ Evidence Owners
💼 Cybersecurity & GRC Consultants
🏢 Organizations structuring internal NIS2 readiness


📊 EXECUTIVE READINESS DASHBOARD
The formula-driven Dashboard provides 6 management KPIs:
✅ Overall Readiness
🎯 Target Readiness
⚠️ Open High & Critical Actions
⏰ Overdue Actions
🗂️ Evidence Current
🤝 High-Risk Suppliers


Four dynamic charts provide additional management visibility:
📊 Controls by Risk Level
🚨 Incidents by Severity
🗓️ Actions by Status
🗂️ Evidence Current vs Expired


The Dashboard updates from the operational tracker sheets and supports recurring management and stakeholder reviews.


📚 CONTROL LIBRARY
Maintain a structured internal control catalogue with:
• Control ID
• Domain
• Control Title
• Control Objective
• Responsible Role
• Target Maturity
• Evidence Requirement
• Suggested Evidence Types
• Weighting


The included demonstration library contains 15 complete sample controls across key readiness areas.


🧩 GAP & MATURITY ASSESSMENT
Compare current maturity against target maturity using validated 1–5 maturity scores.
Automatic calculations provide:
✅ Maturity Gap
✅ Risk Level
✅ Evidence Coverage %
✅ Control Readiness %
✅ Visual Progress Indicators


The assessment links controls, actions and evidence through consistent IDs for improved traceability.


🗓️ REMEDIATION ACTION PLAN
Turn identified gaps into owned actions.
Track:
📌 Priority
📌 Status
👤 Owner Role
📅 Start Date
📅 Due Date
⏳ Days Remaining
⚠️ Overdue Status
📊 Progress %
🕒 Timeline Progress
🔗 Dependencies
🗂️ Evidence References


This provides a structured way to move from assessment findings into practical remediation work.


🗂️ EVIDENCE LIBRARY
Maintain a central index for supporting governance and security evidence such as:
📄 Policies
📋 Procedures
📊 Reports
🎫 Tickets
📧 Emails
📚 Training Records
📷 Screenshots
📜 Contracts
🖥️ Logs


Track collection dates, review frequency, ownership, confidence, next review dates and automatic evidence freshness.


🚨 INCIDENT REGISTER
Document internal security incidents with:
• Category
• Severity
• Description
• Business Impact
• Lessons Learned
• Status
• Owner
• Evidence Reference
• Reportability Flag
• Automatic Incident Age


This allows incidents and lessons learned to remain connected to the wider readiness program.


🤝 SUPPLIER RISK REGISTER
Review third-party and supplier risk with:
✅ Criticality
✅ Data Access Level
✅ Contract Renewal Date
✅ Review Dates
✅ Due Diligence Status
✅ Linked Remediation Action
✅ Automatic Risk Score
✅ Automatic Risk Level


The tracker helps teams maintain visibility over higher-risk suppliers and pending review activity.


🧾 ASSET & SERVICE REGISTER
Maintain visibility over in-scope systems and services.
Track:
• Owner
• Data Type
• Criticality
• Backup Status
• Monitoring Status
• Last Patch Date
• Patch SLA
• Patch Due Date
• Days to Due
• Patch Status
• SLA Usage %


Patch SLA values are automatically derived from asset criticality and the assumptions defined in Settings.


⚙️ CENTRAL SETTINGS
The Settings sheet provides a central control area for:
🏢 Organization and Scope
👤 Program Owner
📅 Reference Date
🎯 Target Readiness
📋 Dropdown Lists
⚖️ Domain Weighting
📊 Maturity Values
⏱️ Patch SLA Assumptions


This keeps key assumptions consistent across the workbook.


🎁 BONUS: NIS2 PULSE CHECK
The separate Pulse Check workbook provides a compact first-level readiness assessment.


It contains 15 structured questions across 10 readiness domains, with validated responses:
✅ Yes
🟡 Partial
❌ No
➖ N/A


Automatic scoring provides:
📊 Weighted Overall Readiness
📈 Domain-Level Analysis
🎯 Automatic Recommendation
🟢 Strong
🟠 Attention
🔴 Priority
N/A responses are counted as answered but correctly excluded from both domain and overall readiness calculations.


A dynamic domain chart makes weak and strong areas easier to identify before moving into the full tracker.


📘 10-PAGE HOW-TO GUIDE
The included PDF guide explains:
🚀 Quick Start Workflow
🧭 Workbook Conventions
✏️ MANUAL vs AUTO Fields
🔗 Control, Action, Evidence, Incident, Supplier & Asset IDs
📚 Control & Gap Workflow
🗓️ Remediation Actions
🗂️ Evidence Management
🚨 Incidents
🤝 Supplier Risk
🧾 Asset & Patch Readiness
📊 Dashboard Reporting
🎁 NIS2 Pulse Check
➖ N/A-Safe Scoring
☁️ Google Sheets Usage
🛠️ Troubleshooting
⚖️ Legal & Release Checklist


💎 ONE CONNECTED READINESS WORKFLOW
The system connects:
Configure → Controls → Assess Gaps → Create Actions → Maintain Evidence → Monitor Operations → Review Dashboard


This creates a repeatable internal readiness process while leaving regulatory interpretation, legal obligations and final compliance decisions with the organization and its qualified advisers.


P. DISCLAIMER
⚖️ NIS2, CYBERSECURITY & COMPLIANCE DISCLAIMER
This product is an independent editable management, documentation and internal-readiness template intended for general organizational use.


It is not an official form or product issued by the European Union, a national competent authority, supervisory body or regulator.


The toolkit does not constitute legal, regulatory, cybersecurity, audit, certification or professional advice and does not guarantee compliance with NIS2 or any other law, regulation or framework.


Readiness percentages, maturity scores, risk classifications, SLA indicators and Pulse Check results are internal planning aids only and should not be interpreted as formal compliance determinations.


Users remain responsible for determining applicable legal obligations, adapting the toolkit to their organization and obtaining qualified professional advice where necessary.