Will the Cyber Resilience Act help the European ICT sector compete?
And will it help EU digital sovereignty?
Much has been written about the potentially damaging effects of the draft EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) on the open source ecosystem (BitKom, Eclipse Foundation, VDA, OSBA, Linux Foundation – this post is based on a draft of the CRA from September 15, 2022). In this post, we are going to look at the CRA from a different perspective: As a part of the EU cybersecurity strategy, the higher-order goal of the CRA is the further development and strengthening of the integrated EU single market. Since open source software is the foundation of nearly every modern digital product, influencing how the open source ecosystem operates will be felt by the European businesses and citizens. Will the CRA be conducive to EU ICT policy goals?
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The European Union is making big changes to cybersecurity requirements with its proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). You may have heard about the CRA’s potential impact on the open source ecosystem. But what does the Cyber Resilience Act mean for you? This post is an introduction to the Act and explains how it may affect the open source maintainers and developer community. Note that this post is based on a draft of the CRA from September 15, 2022. The Act is still in a draft stage and getting feedback, and its provisions may differ before it is passed into law.
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