EU Starts Cyber Resilience Act Rollout as 66% of Firms Lack Awareness

3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Jun 10

June 11 marks the first Cyber Resilience Act deadline, with EU member states starting designation of conformity assessment bodies before broader vendor obligations phase in.
66% of organizations surveyed by OpenSSF said they were unfamiliar with the law, and 56% did not know non-compliance fines can reach €15 million or 2.5% of global annual turnover.
September 11 will require manufacturers to report product vulnerabilities to authorities, while the rest of the act — including open-source stewardship and software supply-chain controls — applies from December 11, 2027.
41% of manufacturers expect full compliance by December 2027, while 39% do not know when they will comply; experts say AI-generated code and opaque open-source dependencies could make compliance harder.
The act reaches beyond EU vendors because customers must understand what software they use, and similar rules are already under consideration in countries including Japan.

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Overview

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