Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) for Industry & Manufacturing

Compliance is not the goal. Secure products are.

Christian Venetz | Senior Security Consultant

Machines, systems and industrial products are becoming increasingly connected. Software, hardware, APIs, cloud integrations and remote services expand their capabilities – but also their attack surface.

With the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), cybersecurity becomes an integral part of product responsibility. Manufacturers of products with digital elements must consider security from development and market placement throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Consulteer InCyber supports industrial and manufacturing companies in translating CRA requirements into concrete product security, engineering and governance measures.

From CRA Readiness and Secure-by-Design to Vulnerability Management and Lifecycle Security.

Cybersecurity becomes Part of Product Responsibility

Connected products no longer consist solely of mechanics and control systems.

Embedded software, IoT devices, network components, APIs, cloud services and external providers are becoming integral parts of modern machines and systems. This creates new dependencies within the product, across the supply chain and throughout the entire product lifecycle.

The Cyber Resilience Act establishes a European legal framework and defines cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements.

What this means for manufacturers

• assess cybersecurity risks

• integrate security requirements into development and architecture

• systematically manage vulnerabilities

• provide security updates throughout the expected product lifetime (at least five years)

• understand software and component dependencies

• establish technical documentation and evidence

• implement reporting and incident processes

Cyber resilience connects product security, engineering, IT security and governance.

The Challenge

Connected products create new attack surfaces

A single machine today can consist of hardware, embedded software, open source software, network connections, cloud services, APIs and remote access.

Typical challenges include:

• limited transparency across software, hardware and dependencies

• cybersecurity being considered too late in the development process

• legacy products and components

• unclear vulnerability and security update processes

• complex software and component supply chains

• limited transparency around open source and third-party components

• incomplete security documentation

• unclear responsibilities across Engineering, Product Management, Quality, IT, OT and Security

The CRA therefore affects more than just Security. Manufacturers need to connect product development, supply chain, Vulnerability Management, support and conformity.

CRA Readiness Assessment

Product Security Assessment

Secure-by-Design

Software Supply Chain Security

Vulnerability & Lifecycle Management

1. Analysis

2. Risikobewertung

3. Secure-by-Design

4. Implementation & Evidence

5. Lifecycle & Monitoring

A common challenge is limited transparency: companies do not always have a complete view of which products, digital elements, software components and dependencies fall within the CRA scope.

Solution

• map the product portfolio and product families

• identify products with digital elements

• capture software, hardware, APIs and remote services

• identify open source and third-party components

• assess the supply chain and external providers

• review existing security and development processes

• clarify the CRA scope

Benefit

• clear overview of affected products

• transparency across technical dependencies

• prioritized foundation for CRA implementation

Industry & Manufacturing Expertise

Cybersecurity & Engineering from a single source

Secure-by-Design instead of Security afterwards

IT, OT and Product Security considered together

From CRA Readiness to Lifecycle Security

Resilienz. Von Anfang an.

Cyberresilienz muss in Architektur, Entwicklung, Integration und Betrieb berücksichtigt werden. Consulteer InCyber verbindet Industrie- und Engineering-Kompetenz mit Cybersicherheit.

Wir unterstützen bei der Einordnung des CRA-Scope, der Bewertung bestehender Produkte und Prozesse sowie bei der technischen Umsetzung von Secure-by-Design, Vulnerability Management und Lifecycle Security.

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