Cognisec CRA Engine

The European Union Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, introduces mandatory cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements, creating significant compliance challenges for manufacturers and their supply chains ahead of the December 2027 enforcement deadline. Existing approaches to regulatory adherence remain largely fragmented, manual, and non-standardized, limiting their ability to provide continuous, auditable evidence of compliance across complex product ecosystems. This paper presents the Cognisec Harmonised CRA Engine, a novel, computer-implemented, policy-driven compliance governance platform that operationalizes CRA requirements into a structured, enforceable, and scalable framework. The proposed system distinguishes itself by embedding all 14 CRA Annex I requirements and over 125 associated controls into a deployment-ready architecture, enabling immediate alignment with regulatory expectations while reducing onboarding and audit preparation effort. A key contribution of this work is a role-segregated, multi-panel architecture that integrates Bill of Materials management, requirement-level risk assessment, supplier compliance orchestration, manufacturer validation workflows, and auditor oversight within a unified governance model. The proposed approach transforms CRA compliance from a static, document-centric exercise into a dynamic, system-driven process, enabling organizations to proactively manage regulatory risk and demonstrate verifiable conformance. The architecture and implementation provide a scalable foundation for compliance automation in industrial and enterprise environments, addressing a critical gap between regulatory requirements and operational execution.