Secure by design - empowering compliance through secure embedded solutions
Security integration is becoming a core design requirement and critical to identifying aspects early in the design development cycle. Increasing regulations, particularly the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is putting a focus on cybersecurity requirements for digital products. It is important to be famliar with embedded security standards for hardware and software solutions to mitigate risk and vulnerabitlities throughout a product's lifecycle.
STMicroelectronics provides a comprehensive portfolio of secure microcontrollers, MPUs, and security frameworks designed to simplify compliance with global regulations like the CRA. ST's secure MCU ecosystem enables engineers to build secure-by-design architectures, accelerate certification, and reduce time-to-market while navigating CRA compliance with confidence.
FAQs
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is crucial for embedded systems as it introduces horizontal cybersecurity requirements for all products with digital elements in the EU market. It mandates manufacturers to improve security from the design phase through the entire lifecycle, including updates and vulnerability handling. Embedded systems, often integral to IoT and critical infrastructure, must comply with these requirements to ensure resilience against cyber threats. The CRA also provides pathways for compliance, such as certification schemes like EUCC, harmonized standards, and conformity assessments. By addressing cybersecurity risks, the CRA enhances transparency, security, and trust in embedded systems[.
There is no formal method to pre-certify products for CRA compliance at this time. Multiple application standards and harmonized standards are currently being developed to enable device manufacturers to achieve full compliance.
With decades of security expertise, a secure development process in place, a global security assurance program, and a wide range of STM32 and STSAFE products at the top of security levels, ST is well-positioned to prepare its products for CRA compliance on a large scale.
Within the STM32 Developer zone, the most comprehensive and free-of-charge ecosystem of solutions for developers, users can access the complete portfolio of devices, hardware and software development tools, the broadest range of examples and embedded software, the latest security features, as well as artificial intelligence and wireless solutions.
ST offers a set of essential security functions for each STM32 product, implemented in hardware or software, along with security services supported by security assurance.
In addition to providing the highest level of security available on the market today, STSAFE enables manufacturers to enhance their security with several use cases, such as attestation, key vault, secure update, and root of trust. STSAFE also offers key provisioning services, significantly simplifying secure manufacturing processes.
To assist developers, a wide range of qualified ST partners are available.
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