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CRA Explained Simply

The EU Cyber Resilience Act in plain English, no legal jargon. What it is, who it affects, and what your team should do today.

Think of Software Like Food Ingredients

Just like food labels list every ingredient, software needs a "recipe card" showing all its components. This is called an SBOM (Software Bill of Materials).

Food Label

  • • Tomatoes (Origin: Italy)
  • • Salt (2% sodium)
  • • Sugar (Added sweetener)
  • • Preservatives (E211)
  • • Water

Software SBOM

  • • React (v18.2.0)
  • • Express.js (v4.18.2)
  • • MongoDB Driver (v5.1.0)
  • • JWT Library (v9.0.0)
  • • Custom Business Logic

Why This Matters

Food Allergies

Knowing ingredients helps avoid dangerous allergic reactions

Security Vulnerabilities

Knowing components helps avoid dangerous security flaws

Quick Response

Fast identification and fixes when problems are discovered

What's VEX? Think Food Safety Reports

VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) is like a food safety report. When there's a contamination alert for tomatoes, the food company checks: "Do we use those specific tomatoes? Are our customers at risk?"

Similarly, when a security vulnerability is found in a software component, VEX documents tell you: "Is this vulnerability actually exploitable in our specific software? Do we need to panic or are we safe?"

How Prismor Makes This Easy

Automatic Detection

Like a smart food scanner, Prismor automatically reads your code and creates detailed SBOMs without you having to manually track every component.

Instant Alerts

When vulnerabilities are discovered, Prismor immediately tells you if you're affected, just like getting instant food recall notifications.

Compliance Ready

Generates EU CRA-compliant reports automatically, ensuring you meet all regulatory requirements without manual paperwork.

Continuous Monitoring

Like a health inspector that never sleeps, Prismor continuously monitors your software for new vulnerabilities and compliance issues.

How Prismor Helps with CRA Compliance

Prismor is the only platform that combines deep regulatory expertise with automated security tooling, so your team can meet EU CRA requirements without manual overhead.

Vulnerability Fixes

Automatically detect and fix known CVEs across your entire dependency tree, no manual patching required.

SBOM & VEX Generation with Compliance Reporting

Produce CycloneDX and SPDX-compliant SBOMs and VEX documents automatically on every build, with audit-ready reports aligned to EU CRA.

Software Supply Chain Monitoring

Continuous monitoring of your software supply chain with real-time alerts on new vulnerabilities and dependency changes.