Cyber Resilience Act Checklist: Proven Steps to Avoid Fines
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.