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SBOM Requirements: Essential EU CRA Guide to Avoid Risk

August 14, 2026
Cyber Security
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A deep-dive on SBOM requirements under the EU Cyber Resilience Act for software teams: what Annex I, Part II actually obliges you to document, the seven minimum data fields every component entry needs, how to choose between SPDX and CycloneDX, how to generate and store SBOMs in your delivery pipeline, keeping them current across versions and patches, the VEX workflow that makes vulnerability matching usable, what market surveillance authorities can demand, the fine bands up to €15 million, and a 90-day plan to get compliant before the December 2027 deadline.

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Cyber Resilience Act Checklist: Proven Steps to Avoid Fines

August 14, 2026
Cyber Security
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A working Cyber Resilience Act checklist for software developers and engineering leads. Six workstreams in delivery order: inventory and classification, the Annex I secure development requirements, machine-readable SBOMs with CycloneDX or SPDX, vulnerability handling that survives an audit, the 24-hour reporting capability due by 11 September 2026, and the technical file, declaration of conformity and CE marking due by 11 December 2027 — plus the fine bands, the 2026 Commission guidance, the draft harmonised standards, a 16-month plan and the mistakes development teams most often make.

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Cyber Resilience Act Compliance: Essential UK Risk Guide

August 13, 2026
Cyber Security
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Cyber Resilience Act compliance stops being a 2027 problem on 11 September 2026, when the Article 14 reporting duties in Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 switch on and every UK software company selling into the European Union inherits a 24-hour clock. This guide explains which products with digital elements are caught, why a UK vendor is almost always the manufacturer, how the default, Class I, Class II and critical tiers change your conformity route, what the Annex I essential requirements mean in engineering terms, how the SBOM and vulnerability handling duties work, the five-year support period and ten-year update availability rules, the three reporting clocks, the penalty ceilings, and a twelve-month programme to reach a defensible position.