70% of Orgs Cite Compliance as Security Driver: Coro & PwC Italy’s NIS2 Deal

For legal and compliance professionals, NIS2 is not just another IT regulation—it is a corporate liability shift that elevates cybersecurity to the level of boardroom accountability. The new directive imposes severe penalties of up to €10 million or 2% of global turnover, and mandates rigorous incident reporting, risk management, and supply chain due diligence. Against this backdrop, Coro and PwC Italy’s partnership offers a legal-tech bridge, automating evidence collection and control mapping that would otherwise consume in-house legal resources.

On July 23, 2026, Coro, a cybersecurity platform built for lean IT teams, and PwC Italy announced a strategic partnership aimed at automating cybersecurity and NIS2 compliance for Italian organizations. The announcement arrives as the EU’s NIS2 directive reshapes the regulatory landscape, expanding cybersecurity obligations across 18 critical sectors—from energy and healthcare to digital infrastructure and public administration—and affecting an estimated 160,000 organizations. This partnership merges Coro’s unified, AI-native platform with PwC Italy’s Cybersecurity and Resilience practice, promising a clearer path to compliance by consolidating fragmented security tools into a single, automated foundation. The timing is critical: the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) reports that 70% of organizations now cite regulatory compliance as the primary driver behind their cybersecurity investment, signaling a market shift toward platforms that deliver both operational simplicity and regulatory readiness.

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In a market where 70% of players already peg spending decisions to compliance needs, Coro and PwC Italy are betting that ease-of-use and regulatory integration will become the deciding factors.

The partnership addresses a persistent pain point for mid-market and smaller enterprises: the burden of managing multiple disconnected security solutions while trying to satisfy complex regulatory mandates. NIS2 requires rigorous risk management, supply chain security, incident reporting, and board-level accountability, demanding resources many lean organizations lack. Coro’s platform aims to reduce that overhead by integrating essential security functions—such as endpoint protection, email security, and network defense—into a single pane of glass, with AI-driven automation to streamline threat detection and compliance reporting. PwC Italy brings deep regulatory expertise and implementation services, helping clients interpret NIS2 obligations and embed the platform into their operations. As Ingo Schaefer, Coro’s VP of EMEA, stated, “Organizations today don't need more security tools; they need security that's easier to operate... businesses are looking for solutions that strengthen protection without adding operational complexity.”

From a market perspective, this partnership reflects the accelerating convergence of security and compliance. With NIS2 enforcement placing non-compliance penalties as high as €10 million or 2% of global annual turnover, the economic incentive to integrate compliance into cybersecurity operations is enormous. For Coro, the alliance with a Big Four professional services firm provides a trusted channel into the Italian market and validates its platform for regulatory-heavy environments. For PwC Italy, it enables the firm to move beyond traditional advisory into managed compliance services, scaling its impact through technology. The move also signals a competitive response to similar tie-ups between technology vendors and consultancies across the EU, as organizations seek end-to-end solutions that avoid the cost and risk of piecemeal deployments.