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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…

By Miltiadis Siavvas,  Information Technologies Institute (ITI) of the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) CrowdStrike disruption is an infamous incident that led to a global IT outage in July 2024, which is known to be one of the worst IT disruptions in history, described by analysts as “the largest…

Dinesh Sharma, asvin GmbH The Importance of  the CRA The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) sets strict cybersecurity requirements for all connected products, including IoT devices. For manufacturers, CRA compliance is essential to ensure secure, trustworthy, and market-ready products. From 2027 onward, only devices meeting these standards will be allowed…