The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) sets a new benchmark for securing products with digital elements that define our everyday life.
This landmark legislation is the first of its kind to set horizontal cybersecurity requirements for all products with digital elements, ensuring that security is no longer an afterthought but a built-in feature. By setting common rules across the EU, the CRA aims to boost trust in digital technologies, protect consumers, strengthen supply chain security and enhance Europe’s overall strategic autonomy in the digital space.
Following its entry into force in December 2024, the CRA is subject to a three-year transition period before its core rules become fully applicable. This session will unpack what the CRA means for hardware manufacturers and software developers as well as other economic operators and present the on-going preparatory work at European level to facilitate compliance.
Join stakeholders and EU Commission colleagues to discuss the CRA’s key provisions, its impact across industries, and the shared journey toward a more secure and competitive digital single market. Whether you are developing or using technology, this session will offer practical insights and a forward look at how the CRA will define Europe’s cyber-resilient future.
What to expect:
- The CRA explained: objectives, scope, and practical implications
- Cooperation across institutions, industry and Member States: who does what
- Turning CRA into reality: key phases of the implementation phase, guidance, and ongoing regulatory efforts
- Making the CRA fit for SMEs: actions to support compliance of smaller businesses
- From compliance to innovation: state of the play of the standardisation work supporting the CRA
Agenda
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome by Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Acting Director for Cybersecurity and Trust, DG CONNECT, European Commission
10:10 – 10:50 Presentations by the European Commission:
- The CRA explained: objectives, scope, and practical implications
- Cooperation across institutions, industry and Member States: who does what
- Turning CRA into reality: key phases of the implementation phase, guidance, and ongoing regulatory efforts
- Q&A (15 min)
10:50 – 11:20 From compliance to innovation: turning regulation into opportunity - state of the play of the standardisation work supporting the CRA
- Introduction by European Commission
- Presentation by European Standardisation Organisations - CEN-CENELEC (Lucia Lanfri) and ETSI (Kim Nordström)
- Q&A (15 min)
11:20 – 11:50 Making the CRA fit for SMEs: actions to support compliance of smaller businesses
- Introduction by European Commission
- Presentation by European projects: CYBERSTAND.eu (Nicholas Ferguson) & SECURE (Danilo D'elia)
- Q&A (15 min)
11:50 – 12:00 Conclusions and last Q&A