CRA Standards Unlocked – EU Tour 2

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will introduce mandatory cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements placed on the EU market. For many SMEs, the challenge is not understanding that the CRA applies, but how to comply in practice, which standards to follow, and which tools, guidance, and funding opportunities are available to support compliance.

To help SMEs understand, prepare for, and comply with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), translating regulatory requirements into practical guidance and tools and providing information about the ongoing standardisation process and ways to engage in open consultations, a series of workshops are organised throughout Europe.

Following a Standardisation Request from the European Commission in support of the implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the European Standardization Organizations (ESOs) — ETSI and CEN-CENELEC — are actively developing harmonised standards in their relevant technical groups During the session, the rapporteurs of these standards in the ESOs technical groups will present some of the latest drafts under development and engage with the audience to discuss the ongoing work, answer questions, and gather feedback to refine the drafts.

About the workshops

Organised by the EU-funded projects CYBERSTAND.eu and STAN4CRA.eu, the workshops bring together key EU-funded experts and projects working on the design of SME-friendly standards and CRA compliance tools:

• CYBERSTAND.eu: Managing open calls to fund contributions to develop standards for the CRA.
• OCCTET: Open-source toolkit to automate the compliance process for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) used in digital products
• CURIUM: Tools and services to provide information, guidance, trustworthy security testing, and streamlined compliance with the CRA
• CRACoWI: Simplifying compliance with the CRA by providing automated tools for cybersecurity certification, documentation, and assessments.
• CONFIRMATE: Open-source tools to facilitate and automate compliance with the CRA.

Why join

• Understand what the CRA requires and its implications for SMEs.
• Learn which standards matter and how they support compliance.
• Presentations from CRA standards rapporteurs on ongoing standardisation work.
• Discover compliance tools, practical guides, and funding available through CRA-related EU-funded projects.
• Gain practical insights tailored to SME on how CRA requirements translate into product development and conformity processes.

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