Machine builders
For configurable products with versioned control software, supplier components, and long support periods.
For machine builders and integrators
Make CRA readiness an engineering workflow.
Machine Compliance Manager is an early-stage software project for connecting machine software, vulnerabilities, reporting decisions, supplier evidence, and lifecycle documentation in one traceable workflow.
- Industrial product focus
- Lifecycle traceability
- Swiss-based project
The operational challenge
Cybersecurity evidence is spread across the machine lifecycle.
Connected machines combine PLCs, HMIs, industrial PCs, firmware, remote access, and supplier components. Product teams need a reliable way to understand which software is present and which machines are affected when an issue appears.
The hard part is not another checklist. It is keeping ownership, decisions, mitigations, supplier input, and supporting evidence connected as products and installed machines change over time.
Industrial product teams
Designed around machinery, projects, and long service lives.
Machine integrators
For customer projects that combine OEM equipment, automation software, adaptations, and handover evidence.
Automation suppliers
For sharing firmware, vulnerability, and lifecycle information with downstream product teams.
Industrial manufacturers
For improving traceability across connected production assets and supplier relationships.
A practical workflow
From machine baseline to decision evidence.
The product direction focuses on the handoffs industrial teams need to make repeatable—not on replacing engineering judgement.
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Map the product
Connect machine families, variants, software modules, firmware, SBOMs, releases, and supplier components.
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Review what changed
Relate advisories and incidents to affected products, installed context, owners, and due actions.
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Record the decision
Keep assessment, mitigation, reporting rationale, approvals, and customer follow-up together.
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Maintain the evidence
Preserve an understandable history across releases, supplier updates, service, and product support.
Illustrative workspace
Machine family review status
Example content only
| Machine family | Software baseline | Review | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packaging Line X200 | In review | Two advisories assigned | Action needed |
| Robot Cell RC-40 | Update needed | No open cases | Not started |
| Filling Machine FM-100 | Current | Supplier notice received | Review due |
Cyber Resilience Act
Two dates shape the readiness timeline.
The Cyber Resilience Act is Regulation (EU) 2024/2847. The immediate task for product teams is to turn the regulatory timeline into dependable operating practice.
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Reporting obligations apply
CRA reporting obligations for certain vulnerabilities and incidents begin to apply.
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The regulation generally applies
The Cyber Resilience Act becomes generally applicable from this date.
This summary is a planning aid. It is not legal advice, certification, or a guarantee of compliance. Consult the official text and qualified advisers for decisions about your obligations.
Early conversations
Compare the workflow with your operating reality.
If your team builds, integrates, supplies, or operates connected machinery, we would like to understand how you currently manage software baselines, vulnerability decisions, and lifecycle evidence.
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