Articles 15 and 17 of the NIS Directive requires Member States to ensure that competent authorities have specific powers and means to carry out the tasks set forth in such articles. Furthermore, the designation of specific entities as national competent authorities needs to be made public. The Directive does not specify how such publicity must be carried out. Given that the objective of this requirement is to achieve a high level awareness by the actors covered by NIS and the general public, and based on experiences in other sectors (telecommunications, banking, medicines), the Commission considers that this could be met, for example, by means of a well-advertised portal. Article 8(5) of the NIS Directive requires such authorities to have 'adequate resources' to carry out the tasks assigned by the Directive. 12