Europe Sets New Cybersecurity Standards for Smart Devices

EU governments and the EU parliament agreed on Thursday to guidelines to protect computers, fridges, mobile apps, and other gadgets connected to the internet from cyber threats.

The Cyber Resilience Act, proposed by the European Commission in September of last year, will apply to any items that are connected, either directly or indirectly, to another device or a network.

It specifies cybersecurity criteria for hardware and software product design, development, manufacturing, and sale.

Manufacturers will be required to analyse the cybersecurity risks of their goods, give declarations of compliance, and take necessary steps to rectify vulnerabilities.

They must be more transparent to consumers and corporate users about the security of hardware and software products, and they must disclose cyber events to national authorities.

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