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Commission welcomes political agreement on Cyber Resilience Act

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on the Cyber Resilience Act, proposed by the Commission in September 2022.

Commission welcomes political agreement on Cyber Resilience Act

The Cyber Resilience Act is the first legislation of its kind in the world. It will improve the level of cybersecurity of digital products to the benefit of consumers and businesses across the EU, as it introduces proportionate mandatory cybersecurity requirements for all hardware and software, ranging from baby monitors, smart watches and computer games to firewalls and routers.  Products with different levels of risk associated will have different security requirements. Less than 10% of products will be subject to third-party assessments.

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