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Open source foundations unite on common standards for EU’s Cyber Resilience Act
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation adopted by the European Parliament last month. The Cyber Resilience Act was first unveiled in draft form nearly two years ago, with a view toward codifying best cybersecurity practices for both hardware and software products sold across the European Union. The crux of the complaints centered on how “upstream” open source developers might be held liable for security defects in downstream products, thus deterring volunteer project maintainers from working on critical components for fear of legal retribution (this is similar to concerns that abounded around the EU AI Act which was greenlighted last month).
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