FEA helping to guide the future of cybersecurity
FEA helping to guide the future of cybersecurity
The Foodservice Equipment Association (FEA) has provided advice to members about how to ensure they are compliant with the new EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) which came into force on the 11th December 2024. The Act will start to apply to CE-marked products from the 11th December 2027, with some reporting obligations from the 11th September 2026.
The act seeks to protect consumers and businesses from risks posed by inadequate cybersecurity, establishing a common set of standards around products sold in the EU. The aim is to encourage manufacturers to integrate best practice around security into the design of their products, while ensuring this security is maintained throughout the equipment’s total lifetime.
This is particularly important as the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) is due to become law in August 2025, which will apply to all wirelessly connected devices. This directive includes required technical features covering the protection of personal data and fraud prevention.
There is obviously some overlap between the provisions of the CRA and RED, and FEA is working with EFCEM to ensure the concerns of its members are listened to and addressed. Andy Threlfall, Technical and Policy Director of FEA and Convenor of EFCEM’s working groups covering BIM and Connectivity, organised a meeting at the end of January. Experts at UL Solutions, one of the leading independent organisations handing safety in science, attended this meeting to provide manufacturers with an overview of how to determine how the acts and regulations apply to them. They also explained which testing standards are relevant to particular types of equipment, data and connectivity, and how they should be used to ensure products are in compliance with the law.
“FEA remains committed to working with EFCEM, Orgalim (which represents Europe’s technology industries) and the EU Commission to facilitate communication,” says Andy. “Our relationship with these organisations ensures that we can deliver accurate and timely information about changes to legislation as well as providing a way for our members to help influence future changes.”
This meeting came at an opportune time, as members were informed during the presentations that the three standards of the EN 18031 family supporting the RED delegated regulation on cybersecurity had been cited with restrictions in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).
The next meeting of EFCEM Working Groups 1 and 4 is scheduled for November.
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