Cyber Resilience Act Checklist for CISOs
The ultimate CRA compliance checklist specifically tailored for CISOs. Know your legal and technical responsibilities.
Core Definition
As cisos, your responsibilities under the Cyber Resilience Act revolve around ensuring the continuous security lifecycle of products with digital elements. The CRA shifts liability directly onto manufacturers, meaning cisos must integrate security-by-design, supply chain transparency, and incident reporting before the 2027 enforcement deadline.
Key Compliance Steps for CISOs
- Understand Applicability: Assess whether your hardware/software falls under the Default, Class I, or Class II category.
- Implement Lifecycle Security: Ensure security is embedded during the planning, design, and continuous delivery phases.
- Automate SBOMs & Scanning: Integrate automated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation and vulnerability scanning into the pipeline.
- Prepare for Audits: Keep Technical Documentation up to date and prepare for 24-hour vulnerability reporting.
How This Plays Out in Practice
Building the CRA vulnerability-handling process into the existing incident-response runbook, including the ENISA 24-hour/72-hour/14-day reporting cadence.
What to Watch For
Whether the organization can actually meet the 24-hour early-warning deadline for an actively exploited vulnerability — most incident response processes aren't built for that speed today.
Assess Your CRA Readiness
Evaluate your product's Cyber Resilience Act readiness using our interactive tool. Find exactly which of the 22 security requirements apply directly to CISOs.