The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) requires manufacturers to establish cybersecurity compliance procedures which govern their protection of digital product security. The CRA establishes mandatory security requirements which manufacturers must follow throughout their product development process because it controls their security practices and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) requirements and vulnerability disclosure procedures and supplier accountability and post-market monitoring duties. The CRA compliance requirements for enterprise manufacturers have become a board-level business risk which directly affects their ability to access EU markets and maintain product availability and manage supplier partnerships and safeguard their revenue streams. Organizations that depend on manual methods and spreadsheets and uncoordinated supplier documents will find it difficult to comply with strict incident reporting deadlines and conformity assessments and ongoing vulnerability requirements.
