Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) - Consultation
CRA Consulting for machines and systems with digital components
The Cyber Resilience Act presents manufacturers of machinery, equipment, and digital products with new requirements. Anyone placing machinery with digital components on the EU market in the future will no longer have to consider only functional safety and classic CE conformity, but also the cybersecurity of the product throughout its entire life cycle.
Cobot Safety supports machine builders, integrators, and manufacturers in the practical implementation of CRA requirements. The focus is not on an abstract IT analysis, but on the concrete question: What requirements does the Cyber Resilience Act impose on your machine, your controller, your software, your interfaces, and your technical documentation?
Cyber Resilience Act: New requirements for mechanical engineering
The Cyber Resilience Act makes cybersecurity requirements a central component of market access for products with digital elements for the first time. This can also affect machines and systems if they have, for example, controllers, software, firmware, network interfaces, remote maintenance access, HMI systems, cloud connections, or other digital components.
For mechanical engineering, this means that cybersecurity is no longer viewed solely as an IT issue, but as an integral part of product conformity. Manufacturers must provide transparent documentation of the digital components present, potential vulnerabilities, and how these risks are managed through appropriate technical and organizational measures.
Our CRA consulting helps you to structure the requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act and translate them into a practical implementation process.
Download our white paper “The Cyber Resilience Act in Mechanical Engineering” here.
The Cyber Resilience Act introduces new requirements for manufacturers of machinery and equipment with digital components. Our white paper provides a practical overview of deadlines, scope, product classification, harmonized standards, manufacturer obligations, conformity assessment, technical documentation, and how to address cybersecurity in the CE marking process.
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70 pages Learn what machine builders should prepare now, what role security by design, vulnerability management, update processes and supplier information play, and how the CRA can be pragmatically integrated into existing development, documentation and CE processes.
Why cybersecurity in mechanical engineering is now becoming a CE issue
Machines are becoming increasingly networked. Remote access, software updates, industrial communication, cloud services, and digital diagnostic systems are now standard features in many machines. At the same time, these very functions can create new risks: unauthorized access, manipulation of control functions, insecure interfaces, unmaintained software components, or unclear responsibilities in the supply chain.
The Cyber Resilience Act therefore requires not only secure products at the time of market launch, but also processes for dealing with vulnerabilities, security updates and cybersecurity information throughout the product lifecycle.
Especially for machines with digital components, a clean interface between machine safety, functional safety, industrial security, and CE conformity is crucial. Cobot Safety helps you to integrate these topics in a clear, traceable, and documentable way.
Our CRA consulting: From classification to documented implementation
As part of our CRA consulting services, we work with you to assess whether and to what extent the Cyber Resilience Act is relevant to your machine, system, or digital component. In doing so, we focus particularly on existing digital elements, interfaces, software components, communication channels, and update mechanisms.
Based on this, we are developing a structured approach for implementing the CRA requirements. The aim is to identify the necessary steps early on, clarify responsibilities, and structure the required documentation in such a way that it can later be integrated into the technical documentation and the conformity assessment procedure.
Typical content of our CRA consulting includes:
Classification of whether your machine or component falls under the Cyber Resilience Act
Analysis of machines with digital components
Conducting or supporting a cybersecurity analysis
Consideration of interfaces, remote maintenance, controls, software and firmware
Support in deriving suitable protective measures
Structuring requirements for Security by Design and Security by Default
Support in setting up processes for vulnerability management and security updates
Support with technical documentation and proof of CRA compliance
Cybersecurity analysis for machines with digital components
A key component of CRA implementation is cybersecurity analysis. This involves a systematic examination of a machine's digital functions: Which components can communicate? Which interfaces are available? What data is processed? Which software components are used? What access options exist internally, externally, or via remote maintenance?
This foundation allows for the identification of potential vulnerabilities and attack scenarios. For mechanical engineering, it is particularly important that cybersecurity analysis is not conducted in isolation from the application. A vulnerability is relevant not only when data is affected, but also when it can impact machine functions, operating states, safety features, or the availability of the system.
Cobot Safety helps you to set up this analysis in a practical way and to link it with the existing risk assessment, functional safety and technical documentation.
Their result: clarity, structure, and reliable documentation
After our CRA consultation, you will know which requirements are relevant for your product, which digital components need to be given special consideration, and which measures are necessary to implement the Cyber Resilience Act.
You will receive a structured basis for your further internal processes, for coordination with development, design, software, IT/OT security and technical documentation, as well as for the subsequent conformity assessment procedure.
Our goal is to present the requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act in a way that makes them understandable and practically implementable for machine manufacturers.
Frequently asked questions about the Cyber Resilience Act:
What is the Cyber Resilience Act?
The Cyber Resilience Act is an EU regulation that sets cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements. Its aim is to make hardware and software products more secure against cyber threats throughout their lifecycle.
Does the Cyber Resilience Act also apply to machines?
Yes, machines can be affected if they contain digital components and can communicate directly or indirectly with other devices or networks. This includes, for example, controllers, software, firmware, remote maintenance, HMI systems, or networked components.
What is a cybersecurity analysis in mechanical engineering?
A cybersecurity analysis examines the digital elements of a machine, its interfaces, communication channels, software components, and potential vulnerabilities. The goal is to identify risks from cyberattacks or manipulation at an early stage and to derive appropriate countermeasures.
Does CRA compliance need to be included in the technical documentation?
Yes, the implementation of CRA requirements must be documented in a traceable manner. This includes, among other things, the consideration of digital components, the cybersecurity analysis, implemented protective measures, and processes for vulnerability management and updates.
When should you start implementing CRA?
Manufacturers should start early, as many requirements affect development processes, supplier information, software components, update processes, and technical documentation. Retrofitting these requirements shortly before market launch can be complex and expensive.
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