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The rapid growth of the Internet of Things is transforming industries ranging from manufacturing and healthcare to smart cities and energy. However, every connected device also represents a potential entry point for cyberattacks. While much attention is given to securing devices during operation, one of the most critical security challenges…

By Gaetan Antoniello, Thales The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting an ever-growing number of devices – from smart home products and energy systems to industrial equipment, connected vehicles and smart city infrastructure. These connected devices increasingly support services that we rely on in our everyday lives as well as…

Why Cybersecurity Needs a Digital Twin For decades, cybersecurity has largely been a reactive discipline. Systems were designed, developed, deployed, and only then subjected to extensive security testing. While this approach has worked reasonably well in traditional IT environments, it becomes increasingly problematic in modern Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems.…

By Roland Atoui, Red Alert Labs After several CRA Expert Group meetings, I am starting to feel that we are no longer discussing a regulation in the abstract. At the beginning, the Cyber Resilience Act felt like a large map that everyone was trying to read at the same time.…

By Yassine El Hadi, Red Alert Labs,  Ilias Kalouptsoglou and Pavlina Nikolakoudi, ITI-CERTH  Cybersecurity certification has long been one of the most difficult challenges in the IoT ecosystem. As connected systems become more complex, manufacturers and integrators are expected to comply with an expanding landscape of cybersecurity standards, regulatory frameworks,…

By Ramon Barakat, Fraunhofer FOKUS As the Internet of Things continues to expand into nearly every sector—from smart homes and energy systems to automotive and industrial environments — security cannot be disregarded any longer. These systems are no longer isolated, they are complex ecosystems built from countless interconnected components, often…

By Red Alert Labs The IoT compliance landscape isn't what it used to be. As we navigate through 2025, what once was a set of "nice-to-have" guidelines has transformed into a mandatory gateway for getting your connected products to market. Standards like ETSI EN 303 645, the EU Cyber Resilience…

By Ramon Barakat, Roman Kraus and Martin Schneider, Fraunhofer FOKUS Recent incidents have shown how a seemingly small memory access bug can cascade into global disruption . With the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the new Product Liability Directive, manufacturers of “products with digital elements” must deliver security by design,…

By Gábor Pék, CrySyS Lab, Budapest University of Technology and Economics On November 27, 2025, seven vendors from various industries (e.g., car, networking, software) came together to see how the Digital Cybersecurity Twin (DCT) module of the DOSS project works. The meeting was held at the Budapest University of Technology…

By Miltiadis Siavvas,  Information Technologies Institute (ITI) of the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) The increasing reliance of our everyday lives on software-intensive systems, renders their security an aspect of utmost importance. Hence, there is a strong need for advanced mechanisms for enabling the early identification and elimination of…