The EU Cyber Resilience Act – Making smart products smarter with cyber security

With the threat of attacks looming large, cyber security is a growing concern for consumers and businesses alike. Designed to protect the EU market from insecure products, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) now holds vendors more accountable. We can help you incorporate the CRA’s stipulations into your product development and manufacturing processes. Why not capitalize on cyber security to gain the competitive edge?

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Meet obligations, leverage competitive advantage

Connectivity puts a host of new functions at users and operators’ fingertips. It opens up exciting opportunities for vendors to differentiate everything from Internet-enabled consumer products to connect industrial machines. But it also amplifies the risk of cyber attack, which can have serious consequences. Cyber security is certainly a regulatory imperative, but vendors would be well advised to also make it a business priority.

The EU Cyber Resilience Act for safer, more robust assets

The CRA aims to protect consumers and businesses that use products or software with digital components. It requires vendors to take compulsory security requirements into account at all stages of the value chain. Companies must demonstrate that they factor cyber security into the equation throughout the product development process, manage vulnerabilities during the support period, and report incidents to European authorities. Vendors that fail to comply are denied CE certification and will not be allowed to sell their products in the EU. This goes to prevent high-quality cyber security from becoming a competitive disadvantage. Failure to comply may lead to financial penalties and reputational damage.

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Gain a competitive edge with cyber security

These days, cyber security is a top priority for both consumers and businesses. A successful cyber attack would spell disaster for the trusted relationship between the vendor and customer in both B2C and B2B channels. This is why cyber security is fast becoming a hallmark of quality and a differentiating factor in the marketplace. Companies would do well to consider security at every link of the product development chain.

Cyber security excellence in strategy, development, and processes

Count on us to help you incorporate cyber security at every step of the manufacturing process, the software development effort, and the product lifecycle. We can assist you with everything from the cyber security strategy to incident and vulnerability management, and on to product development tasks ranging from risk analysis to testing. If you wish, we can do all this in compliance with the latest cyber security standards such as IEC 62443, NIST Framework, and the like.

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