CRA Compliance Pressure on Manufacturing Companies
EU Cyber Resilience Act: reporting obligations from September 2026, full compliance from December 2027
The EU Cyber Resilience Act affects every manufacturer of products with digital elements — software, hardware, IoT, embedded systems. Reporting obligations take effect from September 2026: actively exploited vulnerabilities must be reported to ENISA within 24 hours. Most manufacturing companies lack DevSecOps expertise internally. Krafteq implements the technical controls — SBOM pipelines, vulnerability management, incident reporting workflows — directly in your CI/CD infrastructure.
CRA self-assessment conducted internally. SBOM generation (CycloneDX 1.6) and gap analysis against Annex I/II documented.
ChallengesWhy the CRA puts manufacturers under pressure
The EU Cyber Resilience Act is not abstract regulation — it concretely affects the software delivery processes and products of manufacturers. The requirements are technical, the deadlines binding, and the penalties severe. Most companies face an engineering problem they cannot solve internally.
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24-hour reporting — without a workflow
From September 2026, actively exploited vulnerabilities must be reported to the ENISA Single Reporting Platform within 24 hours. Without a defined incident reporting workflow, escalation chains, and templates, this deadline is impossible to meet.
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48% of security leaders are behind on SBOMs
The CRA requires SBOMs in machine-readable format — CycloneDX or SPDX. Yet nearly half of companies have no automated SBOM generation. Without dependency tracking, you don't know which components are in your software and what vulnerabilities they bring.
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No vulnerability management across the lifecycle
The CRA requires vulnerability handling throughout the entire product support period. Without automated scanning, risk-based prioritization, and defined remediation SLAs, this is not achievable.
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Missing secure development lifecycle
Cybersecurity risk assessment before market launch is a CRA obligation. Yet security gates in the pipeline — SAST, DAST, secrets detection — are missing at most companies. The SDLC is not demonstrably secure.
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Supply chain effect creates pressure from all sides
Not only your product must be CRA-compliant — your procurement department will also demand CRA compliance from suppliers. And your customers from you. Those who can't deliver risk exclusion from supply chains.
Our ApproachEngineering, not compliance theater
Krafteq is a technical implementation partner, not a compliance consultant. We build the technical controls and processes that the CRA requires — directly in your existing CI/CD infrastructure. Large consultancies deliver compliance PowerPoints. We implement the how: SBOMs, secure pipelines, vulnerability management, incident reporting automation.
CRA compliance as code: SBOM generation (CycloneDX/SPDX) as an automatic pipeline step. Vulnerability scanning at every build. Security gates that catch vulnerabilities before release. Incident reporting workflows with defined escalation chains. Technical documentation per Annex II/VII, auto-assembled where possible.
Knowledge transfer instead of dependency: we empower your team to operate DevSecOps independently. Pair working, documented processes, and handover workshops ensure the expertise stays with you. Alternatively, we handle monitoring and SBOM updates as a managed service.
ProcessFour steps to CRA compliance
Our approach is structured and delivers standalone results at every step. So you can see progress at any point and measure the value.
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CRA Technical Assessment (Day 1–3)
Gap analysis of your SDLC, CI/CD, and dependency management processes against CRA Annex I. Scope determination: Default, Important Class I/II, or Critical. Prioritized roadmap with concrete actions and timeline.
Clarity about your CRA scope and the most critical action areas
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SBOM and Vulnerability Management (Week 1–2)
SBOM generation (CycloneDX/SPDX) as an automatic pipeline step. Vulnerability scanning in CI/CD. Risk-based prioritization with defined remediation SLAs: Critical 24h, High 7d, Medium 30d, Low 90d.
Automated SBOM generation and vulnerability tracking per release
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Incident Reporting and Secure SDLC (Week 2–4)
24h/72h/14d reporting workflow for ENISA. Security gates: SAST, DAST, secrets detection. Coordinated vulnerability disclosure. Technical documentation per Annex II/VII.
Reporting-obligation-ready and demonstrably secure development process
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Handover or Managed Service (Week 3–4)
Your choice: Krafteq handles ongoing monitoring and SBOM updates as a managed service. Or: handover to your team with documented processes, runbooks, and workshops.
Sustainable CRA compliance — internally or through Krafteq
ServicesWhat Krafteq implements for CRA compliance
We implement the technical controls directly in your pipeline — no manual compliance management, but automated processes.
SBOM Generation
CycloneDX and SPDX as an automatic CI/CD step. Versioned SBOMs per release. Dependency tracking and vulnerability monitoring across the entire product lifecycle.
Vulnerability Management
Automated scanning: containers, dependencies, code. Risk-based prioritization with CVSS, EPSS, and reachability. Defined remediation SLAs.
Incident Reporting
24h/72h/14d reporting workflow for ENISA Single Reporting Platform. Escalation chains, templates, approval gates.
Secure Development Lifecycle
Security gates in the pipeline: SAST, DAST, secrets detection. Secure-by-default configurations. Demonstrable cybersecurity risk assessment.
Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
security.txt, disclosure policy, intake forms, triage workflow, advisory publishing. CRA-compliant and practical.
CRA Documentation
Technical documentation per Annex II/VII — auto-assembled from pipeline artifacts and git history. Post-market monitoring processes.
ResultsWhy companies choose Krafteq for CRA compliance
CRA Compliance Pressure on Manufacturing Companies — let's tackle it
Let us discuss how we can solve this challenge for your organization.
“CRA compliance is an engineering problem, not a paper problem. SBOMs, secure pipelines, vulnerability management — this happens in the CI/CD pipeline, not in compliance departments. That's exactly why manufacturers need an engineering partner.”
