Django NIS2 Shield

January 3, 2026 · View on GitHub

PyPI version Python Django Safety: Passing PiWheels License: MIT

The "Security-First" Middleware for NIS2 Compliance.

Companies subject to NIS2 Directive need demonstrable compliance. This middleware provides:

  1. Forensic logging with HMAC-SHA256 integrity and PII encryption (Art. 21.2.h)
  2. Rate limiting to prevent DoS/Brute Force attacks (Art. 21.2.e)
  3. Session Guard to detect hijacking via IP/User-Agent validation (Art. 21.2.a)
  4. MFA Gatekeeper for sensitive routes (Art. 21.2.j)
  5. Multi-SIEM Presets: Ready-to-use configs for Splunk, Datadog, QRadar.

Part of the NIS2 Shield Ecosystem: Use with @nis2shield/react-guard, @nis2shield/angular-guard, or @nis2shield/vue-guard for client-side protection and nis2shield/infrastructure for a full-stack implementation.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        Frontend                              │
│  @nis2shield/{react,angular,vue}-guard                      │
│  ├── SessionWatchdog (idle detection)                       │
│  ├── AuditBoundary (crash reports)                         │
│  └── → POST /api/nis2/telemetry/                           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            │
                            ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Backend (NIS2 Adapter)                      │
│  Supported: Django, Express, Spring Boot, .NET            │
│  ├── ForensicLogger (HMAC signed logs)                     │
│  ├── RateLimiter, SessionGuard, TorBlocker                 │
│  └── → SIEM (Elasticsearch, Splunk, QRadar, etc.)          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            │
                            ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Infrastructure                            │
│  nis2shield/infrastructure                                  │
│  ├── Centralized Logging (ELK/Splunk)                       │
│  └── Audited Deployment (Terraform/Helm)                    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

✨ Key Features

🔒 Forensic Logger

  • Standardized logs (NIS2-JSON-SCHEMA v1.0) signed with HMAC-SHA256
  • Automatic PII field encryption (GDPR compliant)
  • Configurable IP anonymization

🛡️ Active Defense

  • Rate Limiting: Protection against application-level DoS attacks (sliding window algorithm)
  • Session Guard: Session hijacking prevention with mobile network tolerance
  • Tor Blocker: Automatic blocking of Tor exit nodes
  • MFA Gatekeeper: 2FA redirect for sensitive paths

📊 Compliance & Reporting

  • check_nis2 command for configuration auditing
  • Incident report generation for CSIRT (24h deadline)
  • SIEM presets for Elasticsearch, Splunk, QRadar, Graylog, Sumo Logic, and Datadog

🔔 Real-time Alerting (v0.3.0+)

  • Webhook notifications for security events
  • Supports Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, and generic HTTP

📦 Installation

pip install django-nis2-shield

For development:

pip install django-nis2-shield[dev]

⚙️ Configuration

settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...,
    'django_nis2_shield',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...,
    # Add after SessionMiddleware and before CommonMiddleware
    'django_nis2_shield.middleware.Nis2GuardMiddleware', 
    ...,
]

# NIS2 Shield Configuration
NIS2_SHIELD = {
    # Security Keys
    'INTEGRITY_KEY': 'change-me-to-a-secure-secret',
    'ENCRYPTION_KEY': b'your-32-byte-fernet-key-here=',  # Fernet.generate_key()
    
    # Privacy (GDPR)
    'ANONYMIZE_IPS': True,
    'ENCRYPT_PII': True,
    'PII_FIELDS': ['user_id', 'email', 'ip', 'user_agent'],
    
    # Active Defense
    'ENABLE_RATE_LIMIT': True,
    'RATE_LIMIT_THRESHOLD': 100,  # requests per window
    'RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW': 60,  # seconds
    'RATE_LIMIT_ALGORITHM': 'sliding_window',  # or 'fixed_window'
    'ENABLE_SESSION_GUARD': True,
    'SESSION_IP_TOLERANCE': 'subnet',  # 'exact', 'subnet', 'none'
    'BLOCK_TOR_EXIT_NODES': True,
    
    # MFA
    'ENFORCE_MFA_ROUTES': ['/admin/', '/finance/'],
    'MFA_SESSION_FLAG': 'is_verified_mfa',
    'MFA_REDIRECT_URL': '/accounts/login/mfa/',
    
    # Webhooks (v0.3.0+)
    'ENABLE_WEBHOOKS': True,
    'WEBHOOKS': [
        {'url': 'https://hooks.slack.com/...', 'format': 'slack'},
    ]
}

Log Format: CEF (Enterprise SIEM)

For CEF output instead of JSON:

from django_nis2_shield.cef_formatter import get_cef_logging_config

LOGGING = get_cef_logging_config('/var/log/django_nis2.cef')

🚀 Usage

Configuration Audit

python manage.py check_nis2

Threat Intelligence Update

python manage.py update_threat_list

Incident Report Generation

python manage.py generate_incident_report --hours=24 --output=incident.json

📈 Dashboard Monitoring

The project includes a Docker stack for log visualization:

cd dashboard
docker compose up -d

# Access:
# - Kibana: http://localhost:5601
# - Grafana: http://localhost:3000 (admin/admin)

See dashboard/README.md for details.

🧪 Testing

# With pytest
pip install pytest pytest-django
PYTHONPATH=. pytest tests/ -v

📖 Recipes

Banking App with MFA & Rate Limiting

# settings.py
NIS2_SHIELD = {
    'INTEGRITY_KEY': os.environ['NIS2_HMAC_KEY'],
    'ENCRYPTION_KEY': os.environ['NIS2_AES_KEY'],
    
    # Rate Limit: 50 requests per minute
    'ENABLE_RATE_LIMIT': True,
    'RATE_LIMIT_THRESHOLD': 50,
    'RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW': 60,
    
    # MFA for admin and finance
    'ENFORCE_MFA_ROUTES': ['/admin/', '/finance/', '/transfers/'],
    'MFA_REDIRECT_URL': '/accounts/mfa/verify/',
}

E-commerce with Splunk SIEM

# settings.py
import os

NIS2_SHIELD = {
    'INTEGRITY_KEY': os.environ['NIS2_HMAC_KEY'],
    'ANONYMIZE_IPS': True,
    'ENCRYPT_PII': True,
    
    # Webhooks for real-time alerts
    'ENABLE_WEBHOOKS': True,
    'WEBHOOKS': [
        {'url': 'https://hooks.slack.com/...', 'format': 'slack'},
    ]
}

# Splunk SIEM Output
from django_nis2_shield.siem import get_splunk_logging_config
LOGGING = get_splunk_logging_config(
    splunk_url='https://splunk.example.com:8088',
    token=os.environ['SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN']
)

Healthcare API with Session Guard

# Block session hijacking attempts with IP tolerance for mobile networks
NIS2_SHIELD = {
    'ENABLE_SESSION_GUARD': True,
    'SESSION_IP_TOLERANCE': 'subnet',  # 'exact', 'subnet', or 'none'
    'BLOCK_TOR_EXIT_NODES': True,
}

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

🛡️ Security & Updates

Subscribe to our Security Mailing List to receive immediate alerts about:

  • Critical vulnerabilities (CVEs)
  • NIS2/DORA regulatory logic updates
  • Major breaking changes

For reporting vulnerabilities, see SECURITY.md.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Open an issue or PR on GitHub.

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