Your guide to complying with NEN 7510-1:2024

As Dutch care providers take on more connected clinical systems, regional exchange networks, and outsourced hosting, the security expected around patient data has hardened into a legal expectation. NEN 7510-1:2024, published in December 2024 to replace the 2017+A1:2020 edition, sets out the requirements for an information security management system that protects the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of personal health information: context and scope, leadership, risk-based planning, support, operation, performance evaluation, improvement, and a healthcare-specific Annex A of organizational, people, physical, and technological controls.

The standard reaches every organization that delivers care or processes personal health information in the Netherlands, along with the controllers and processors acting on their behalf, and accountability stays with top management rather than moving to a named security officer. Organizations certified under the 2017 edition have until Feb. 20, 2027 to complete the transition. This guide breaks down NEN 7510-1:2024 clause by clause, outlines what your organization must implement, and shows how ManageEngine solutions help you operationalize and strengthen compliance.

What you’ll learn

• Understand what the standard covers, who it applies to, and why certification carries weight in Dutch healthcare.
• See how the mandatory management-system clauses differ from Annex A's selectable controls.
• Walk through Clauses 4 to 10 and the four Annex A control themes.
• Learn what the healthcare-specific additions ask for, and the transition deadline behind them.
• Find out where identity governance and security monitoring support these obligations.