Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- The EU Cyber Resilience Act now requires 24-hour reporting of actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe security incidents
- Organisations selling products with digital elements in the EU face immediate compliance obligations with full requirements phased in over 15 months
- Compliance demands integration of cybersecurity risk assessments, secure design practices, and vulnerability handling into product lifecycles
- Threat modelling programmes can support both immediate incident disclosure requirements and longer-term compliance positioning
- Target audience includes CISOs, security architects, product managers, and compliance officers in regulated industries
Introduction
The EU Cyber Resilience Act has moved from legislative proposal to operational reality, creating immediate obligations for any organisation that builds or sells products containing digital elements within the European market. This webinar, hosted by ThreatModeler with participation from Toreon, addresses the practical challenges security and compliance teams now face as they work to meet both the Act’s initial requirements and prepare for full compliance within the mandated timeframe.
For product security leaders, the CRA represents a fundamental shift in how cybersecurity must be embedded throughout the product development lifecycle. The regulation moves beyond voluntary standards toward enforceable requirements covering everything from initial design through post-market vulnerability management.
About This Event
Titled “Ready or Not, the CRA Is Here,” this live webinar brings together experts to examine both the immediate and long-term implications of the Cyber Resilience Act. The session is structured to help attendees understand what the regulation requires today, what it will require as additional provisions come into force, and how existing security programmes can be adapted to meet these obligations.
The format combines regulatory explanation with practical guidance, focusing on how organisations can translate compliance requirements into consistent operational processes rather than treating them as isolated documentation exercises.
Immediate Reporting Obligations Under the CRA
The most pressing requirement organisations face is the 24-hour reporting window for actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe security incidents. This timeline is significantly more demanding than many existing disclosure frameworks and requires organisations to have robust detection, assessment, and reporting mechanisms already in place.
Meeting this obligation consistently demands more than policy documentation. Organisations need established processes for identifying when a vulnerability is being actively exploited, determining severity thresholds, and executing notifications within the compressed timeframe. For companies without mature vulnerability management programmes, this requirement alone represents a substantial operational challenge.
Building Compliance into Product Development
Beyond incident reporting, the CRA mandates that cybersecurity considerations be embedded throughout the product lifecycle. This includes conducting cybersecurity risk assessments, implementing secure design and development practices, establishing vulnerability handling procedures, and maintaining technical documentation that demonstrates compliance.
The webinar examines how threat modelling programmes can serve as a foundation for several of these requirements. Systematic threat modelling naturally produces the risk assessments and design documentation the regulation requires while also identifying vulnerabilities earlier in development when they are less costly to address. This positions threat modelling not merely as a security best practice but as a compliance enabler.
Regulatory Context and Industry Impact
The Cyber Resilience Act reflects a broader regulatory trend toward holding manufacturers accountable for the security of their products throughout the entire lifecycle, not just at the point of sale. This approach aligns with similar movements in other jurisdictions and signals that product security obligations will likely continue to expand.
Industries with existing regulatory frameworks, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and the public sector, may find some alignment between CRA requirements and their current compliance programmes. However, the Act’s specific technical requirements and reporting timelines introduce new obligations that existing frameworks do not fully address.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for professionals with direct responsibility for product security and regulatory compliance. CISOs and security architects will benefit from understanding how the CRA affects security programme requirements, while product managers and technical leads need clarity on how compliance obligations translate into development process changes. Compliance officers seeking to understand the technical dimensions of CRA requirements will find the session’s practical focus particularly relevant.
The content is most applicable to organisations that manufacture or sell products with digital elements in the EU market, though the principles discussed have broader relevance as similar regulations emerge in other regions.