AI Act vs Cyber Resilience Act
Understand the overlap, differences, and compliance synergy between AI Act and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
Core Definition
While AI Act focuses heavily on ai regulation principles, the Cyber Resilience Act specifically targets the cybersecurity of products with digital elements. Compliance with AI Act provides a strong foundation, but does not completely satisfy CRA requirements. You will still need to ensure CRA-specific mandates like SBOM generation, secure by default configurations, and 24-hour vulnerability reporting to ENISA.
Key Compliance Steps for AI Act
- Map Existing Controls: Identify which AI Act controls map directly to CRA Annex I requirements (e.g., risk assessments and access control).
- Identify CRA Gaps: The CRA has strict product-centric requirements (like 5-year security updates and SBOMs) that AI Act might not explicitly mandate.
- Combine Documentation: Leverage your AI Act evidence as part of the CRA Technical Documentation package to ease compliance efforts.
How This Plays Out in Practice
High-risk AI systems under the AI Act already require robustness and cybersecurity measures that partially satisfy CRA's secure-by-design principle.
What to Watch For
The AI Act regulates model risk and fundamental-rights impact; CRA regulates the product's cybersecurity — a feature can be low-risk under the AI Act and still ship in a product fully in CRA scope.
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