Cyber Resilience Act and IEC 62443 as Innovation Drivers

Feb 12, 2026

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The European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) marks a turning point for the embedded industry. From 2025 to 2027, compliance with strict cybersecurity requirements will become mandatory for all connected products in the EU. Manufacturers will not only need to identify and fix vulnerabilities but also provide a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) documenting every single component of the system. Non-compliance can result in substantial fines of up to €15 million or 2.5% of global annual revenue.

The CRA enforces a shift from a “performance-first” to a “security-first” development approach. This means that security analyses, automated code scans, and vulnerability monitoring must become integral parts of the CI/CD pipeline. Analyses suggest that companies already implementing automated SBOM generation and continuous security testing will gain a significant competitive advantage over competitors who only respond shortly before the regulation comes into effect.

IEC 62443: Security in Industrial Automation

Infrastructure and Containerization: The Basis for Reproducibility
The first success factor for a scalable embedded DevOps strategy is a consistent and reproducible build infrastructure. In traditional embedded development, teams often suffer from the phenomenon of “special workstations,” where build results depend on the installed toolchains and libraries on a single developer’s machine. To break these silos, containerization of the development environment using Docker is essential.

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