EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

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New EU Baseline for secure digital Products

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a European Union regulation designed to improve the Cybersecurity of products with digital elements placed on the EU market.

It sets mandatory Security requirements throughout a product’s life cycle, including secure development, risk management, vulnerability handling, and maintenance obligations.

EU Cyber Resilience Act for Product Security

Cyber Resilience starts with the right Software Foundation –
Not with Compliance

CRA presents manufacturers of digital products with new challenges. What is changing?

With the CRA, cybersecurity becomes a mandatory requirement throughout the entire product lifecycle. Manufacturers must systematically assess security risks, professionally manage vulnerabilities, and provide security updates over the long term. At the same time, requirements regarding documentation and transparency across the software supply chain are increasing.

When does it make sense to use Open Source, and when is a proprietary operating system the better choice?

Open Source offers a high degree of flexibility and benefits from a large developer community. At the same time, software that is used and maintained over many years requires clearly defined processes for maintenance, security updates, and compliance. Proprietary solutions can offer advantages where certification, functional safety, and long-term support are key priorities. Ultimately, the decisive factor is which platform best meets the technical and regulatory requirements of the respective product.

What role does European technological sovereignty play in this context?

As regulation increases, the question of technological independence is also gaining importance. European technologies can help reduce dependencies and create greater transparency across the software supply chain. For companies, this can provide advantages in terms of trust, long-term availability, and collaboration within the European legal framework – particularly in safety- and security-critical industries.

How does SYSGO support companies in addressing these requirements?

For more than 30 years, SYSGO has been developing secure embedded operating systems for aerospace, defense, transportation, industrial, and medical applications. With the safety-certified PikeOS real-time operating system and the hardened ELinOS embedded Linux platform, we provide solutions for a wide range of safety and security use cases.

What is your key message?

The CRA should not be viewed merely as a compliance exercise. Companies that establish a secure software foundation and structured development processes at an early stage create the basis for resilient products – while also putting themselves in a stronger position to meet regulatory requirements efficiently over the long term.

PikeOS for CRA-ready embedded Systems

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ELinOS for CRA-ready embedded Systems

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Where can I find more detailed CRA Guidance?

For official CRA guidance, refer to published EU institutional FAQs and technical guidance.

More information here: CRA Implentation (FAQ)

SYSGO’s Security documentation can also provide product-specific insights and answers relevant to PikeOS and ELinOS usage and integration into customer systems.

For more information, please contact us