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Whitepaper: Industrial Security - Your Compact Guide to the New EU Requirements
Discover what CRA, the Machinery Regulation, NIS-2 & RED mean for your industrial communication - and how to prepare effectively.
New EU regulations are significantly raising the requirements for cybersecurity in industrial environments. With the Cyber Resilience Act, the Machinery Regulation and NIS-2, the way industrial products are developed, networked and secured is undergoing a major shift. In our whitepaper, you’ll get a clear and accessible overview of the most important regulations - and learn how to implement them successfully in practice.
Industrial communication is at a turning point: New legal requirements such as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) oblige manufacturers to integrate security strategically right from the development phase. You will need to ensure security throughout the entire product lifecycle - including regular updates and a defined vulnerability management process.
Machine builders and plant operators will also take on new responsibilities. The Machinery Regulation (EU 2023/1230) expands traditional safety requirements with concrete cybersecurity measures, requiring you to protect machines and networks against digital attacks. With NIS-2, additional obligations come into play, such as establishing an information security management system based on ISO 27001 or BSI IT-Grundschutz.
In our whitepaper, you will also learn how the IEC 62443 standards can support you - from secure development processes (IEC 62443-4-1) and technical product requirements (IEC 62443-4-2) to risk-based measures for operation. We show you how to treat security as a continuous process and integrate it into your workflows.
You will also gain insights into how Helmholz is preparing for the new requirements:
- We are aligning our development processes with IEC 62443-4-1.
- We apply security-by-design across all relevant product lines.
- Our dedicated PSIRT team continuously monitors and evaluates new risks.
- We collaborate closely with CERT@VDE, BSI, TeleTrusT and other partners.
- We are preparing our entire portfolio of communication-capable products for CRA compliance.
This gives you a clear and practical overview of what will be required in the future - and how you can successfully implement Industrial Security step by step.
If you want to ensure your products and systems are ready for the upcoming regulatory changes, our whitepaper provides exactly the guidance you need.
