Cyber Resilience Act Reporting Obligations: What Manufacturers Must Know Before September 2026 – On-Demand Webinar
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is widely associated with its December 2027 deadline, but its first binding requirement arrives more than a year earlier. From 11 September 2026, manufacturers of products with digital elements must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents to EU authorities, on timelines measured in hours rather than weeks. In this on-demand webinar, Element’s Head of Cyber Product Assurance, Mustanir Ali, explains what the CRA reporting obligations require, who they apply to, and how manufacturers can prepare before the deadline takes effect.
Mustanir covers the obligations set out in Article 14: the reporting triggers, the 24-hour, 72-hour, and final-report timelines, how to judge whether an incident is severe, and which national authority a report should go to.
For the wider picture, what the CRA covers, who it applies to, and the full compliance timeline, see our overview of the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
To explore how Element supports compliance, see our IoT cybersecurity testing services.
Why Watch This Cyber Resilience Act Reporting Obligations (CRA) Webinar?
Most manufacturers know the CRA is coming. Fewer know that their first binding obligation arrives on 11 September 2026, over a year before full compliance is required. This session is for compliance managers, product security teams, and regulatory leads who need to understand what September 2026 demands of them and what to put in place now.
After watching, you will be able to:
- Explain why the Cyber Resilience Act reporting obligations apply from September 2026, including to products already on the market.
- Identify the two reporting triggers under Article 14 and the timelines that apply to each.
- Apply a practical test to determine whether an incident is severe enough to report.
- Determine which national CSIRT your organization should report to, including if you have no EU presence.
- Understand how vulnerability handling processes connect to the reporting obligations that come first.
Key Topics Covered in this CRA Reporting Obligations Webinar
- Why does the September 2026 deadline matter more than December 2027 for many manufacturers?
- Which products and manufacturers do the CRA reporting obligations apply to?
- What are the Article 14 reporting triggers and timelines?
- How do you determine whether an incident is severe?
- Which CSIRT do you report to, and how does the ENISA single reporting platform work?
- What should manufacturers be doing before September 2026?
Watch the webinar below.
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Where the Reporting Obligations Sit Within the Cyber Resilience Act
The Cyber Resilience Act, formally Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, sets horizontal cybersecurity requirements for placing products with digital elements on the EU market, as part of the EU's CE marking regime. For a full explanation of what the CRA is, which products fall in scope, and the complete compliance timeline, see our overview of the Cyber Resilience Act and what manufacturers need to know. This webinar focuses on one part of that picture: the reporting obligations.
Two dates matter here, and they are easily confused. The full requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act, including conformity assessment and the essential cybersecurity requirements, come into force on 11 December 2027. The reporting obligations come into force much earlier, on 11 September 2026. Because most attention has been on the later date, many organizations underestimate how soon their first binding CRA duty arrives. These obligations apply to products while in the field during their support period and continue after support ends, while products remain in use. They also apply to products that were on the market before the CRA took effect.
To discuss what these obligations mean for your specific product portfolio, speak to Element's cybersecurity team.
Frequently Asked Questions
When do the Cyber Resilience Act reporting obligations come into effect?
The reporting obligations apply from 11 September 2026. This is more than a year before the rest of the CRA, including conformity assessment and the essential cybersecurity requirements, which come into force on 11 December 2027. Because most attention has been on the later date, many manufacturers underestimate how soon their first binding CRA duty arrives. For a full overview of the compliance timeline and conformity assessment routes, see our EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance webinar.
What triggers a reporting obligation under the Cyber Resilience Act?
There are two triggers. A manufacturer must report any actively exploited vulnerability in a product with digital elements, and any severe incident affecting the security of such a product. Both are reported to ENISA and the relevant national CSIRT on strict staged timelines: an early warning within 24 hours, a notification within 72 hours, and a final report within 14 days for a vulnerability or one month for a severe incident.
Do the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) reporting obligations apply if my company has no EU presence?
Yes. Placing products on the EU market brings these obligations with it regardless of where your organization is based. Which CSIRT you report to is determined by a set order of preference: the member state of your authorized representative if you have one, then the member state of the importer placing the most products on the market, then the distributor doing the same, and finally the member state with the highest number of users of your product.
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