Crazy About Product Cybersecurity – From Compliance to Confidence

On 3 December, the CONNECT University (DG CONNECT) is organising a session “CRAzy About Product Cybersecurity: From Compliance to Confidence” dedicated to understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The CRA is a regulation that introduces horizontal cybersecurity requirements for all products with digital elements. 

About the event

During the session, participants will learn how the CRA will reshape cybersecurity practices across the EU by making security a built-in feature of digital products rather than an optional add-on. The session will also clarify what the new rules mean for manufacturers, software developers, importers, distributors and SMEs, especially as the EU enters a three-year transition period before the CRA’s full application.

Agenda

• 10:00 - 10:10Welcome by Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Acting Director for Cybersecurity and Trust, DG CONNECT, European Commission

• 10:10 – 10:50The 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 and Q&A 

• 10:50 – 11:20From compliance to innovation: turning regulation into opportunity and state of the play of the standardisation work supporting the CRA. European Standardisation Organisations - CEN-CENELEC (Lucia Lanfri), ETSI (Kim Nordström ), and Q&A

• 11:20 – 11:50Making the CRA fit for SMEs: actions to support compliance of smaller businesses.
  Presentation by European projects: CYBERSTAND.eu (Nicolas Ferguson) & SECURE (Danilo D'elia) and Q&A.

• 11:50 – 12:00Conclusions Q&A

Discover more and register here.